Scandix australisL.

southern shepherd's-needle

WFO wfo-0000435240 Accepted WFO 2026-06 5 photographs CC BY

Plate 1 figs. a–e · 2 observations

This species has been photographed under an open licence only 2 times, so some figures below are different views of the same plant, taken on the same day, rather than different individuals. They are usually different parts of it: the leaf, the flower, the bark.

Scandix australis, photographed by Igor Balashov
fig. a Igor Balashov, CC BY 4.0 / 2015-05-03 / obs. 76653948
Scandix australis, photographed by Thomas Koffel
fig. b Thomas Koffel, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 7029185
Scandix australis, photographed by Thomas Koffel
fig. c Thomas Koffel, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 7029186
Scandix australis, photographed by Thomas Koffel
fig. d Thomas Koffel, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 7029188
Scandix australis, photographed by Thomas Koffel
fig. e Thomas Koffel, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 7029187

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Native range 26 botanical countries

Regions where Scandix australis is native: Algeria, Libya, Morocco, Tunisia, Cyprus, East Aegean Is., Iran, Lebanon-Syria, North Caucasus, Palestine, Transcaucasus, Türkiye, Albania, Bulgaria, France, Greece, Italy, Kriti, Krym, NW. Balkan Pen., Portugal, Romania, Sardegna, Sicilia, Spain, Türkiye-in-Europe AlgeriaLibyaMoroccoTunisiaCyprusEast Aegean Is.IranLebanon-SyriaNorth CaucasusPalestineTranscaucasusTürkiyeAlbaniaBulgariaFranceGreeceItalyKritiKrymNW. Balkan Pen.PortugalRomaniaSiciliaSpainTürkiye-in-Europe Sardegna
Native distribution of Scandix australis, after Kew’s World Checklist of Vascular Plants. Introduced, extinct and doubtful records are excluded, so this is where the plant is from, not everywhere it now grows. Regions too small to draw at this scale are marked with a dot.
RegionTDWG codeContinent
Albania ALB EUROPE
Bulgaria BUL
France FRA
Greece GRC
Italy ITA
Kriti KRI
Krym KRY
NW. Balkan Pen. YUG
Portugal POR
Romania ROM
Sardegna SAR
Sicilia SIC
Spain SPA
Türkiye-in-Europe TUE
Cyprus CYP ASIA-TEMPERATE
East Aegean Is. EAI
Iran IRN
Lebanon-Syria LBS
North Caucasus NCS
Palestine PAL
Transcaucasus TCS
Türkiye TUR
Algeria ALG AFRICA
Libya LBY
Morocco MOR
Tunisia TUN

Region boundaries approximated from Natural Earth (public domain) and mapped to TDWG World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions (WGSRPD) level-3 botanical countries (Brummitt 2001). Indicative, not the official WGSRPD geometry.

Also published as 35 synonyms

A synonym is not an error. It is a record of botanists disagreeing, in print, about where this plant belongs. Each of these was somebody’s considered answer.

  • Acularia australis (L.) Raf.
  • Chaerophyllum australe (L.) Crantz
  • Chaerophyllum grandiflorum (L.) Crantz
  • Myrrhis australis (L.) All.
  • Scandix affinis K.Koch ex Boiss.
  • Scandix australis f. cyclotaxioides Thell.
  • Scandix australis subsp. balcanica Vierh.
  • Scandix australis subsp. gallica Vierh.
  • Scandix australis subsp. occidentalis Vierh.
  • Scandix australis subsp. pontica Vierh.
  • Scandix australis var. ambiguum Rouy & E.G.Camus
  • Scandix australis var. blabricaulis Faure & Maire
  • Scandix australis var. glabricaulis Faure & Maire
  • Scandix australis var. hirticaulis Faure & Maire
  • Scandix australis var. leiobasis Maire & Weiller
  • Scandix australis var. microcarpa (Lange) O.Bolòs & Vigo
  • Scandix australis var. villicaulis Maire & Weiller
  • Scandix brevirostris Boiss. & Reut.
  • Scandix bulgarica Davidov
  • Scandix curvirostris Murb.
  • Scandix falcata Londes
  • Scandix grandiflora L.
  • Scandix grandiflora f. hispidula Heldr.
  • Scandix grandiflora var. intermedia Halácsy

and 11 more.

Sourcesevery claim on this page

  1. World Flora Online Plant List. accepted name, authority, classification. CC0. Retrieved 2026-07-12.
  2. iNaturalist. photographs and flowering annotations, CC0 / CC BY / CC BY-SA only. per photograph. Retrieved 2026-06-27.
  3. Wikidata. common name (P1843), joined on the World Flora Online identifier (P7715). CC0. Retrieved 2026-07-13.
  4. Kew, World Checklist of Vascular Plants (WCVP v16). native distribution by TDWG level-3 botanical country, and life form. CC BY 3.0. Retrieved 2026-06-04.

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