Scopolia carniolicaJacq.

European scopolia

WFO wfo-0001025508 Accepted WFO 2026-06 8 photographs CC0 / CC BY

Plate 1 figs. a–h · 8 separate observations

Scopolia carniolica, photographed by Galyna Mykytynets
fig. a Galyna Mykytynets, CC BY 4.0 / 2022-04-09 / obs. 187915766
Scopolia carniolica, photographed by Liubov Ilminska
fig. b Liubov Ilminska, CC0 1.0 / obs. 196836815
Scopolia carniolica, photographed by Piotr Lukasik
fig. c Piotr Lukasik, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 195076780
Scopolia carniolica, photographed by Ljaž
fig. d Ljaž, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 190013405
Scopolia carniolica, photographed by Ljaž
fig. e Ljaž, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 188991487
Scopolia carniolica, photographed by Ljaž
fig. f Ljaž, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 188992889
Scopolia carniolica, photographed by Ljaž
fig. g Ljaž, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 125196159
Scopolia carniolica, photographed by Ljaž
fig. h Ljaž, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 119996555

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Native range 11 botanical countries

Regions where Scopolia carniolica is native: North Caucasus, Transcaucasus, Austria, Baltic States, Czechia-Slovakia, Hungary, Italy, NW. Balkan Pen., Poland, Romania, Ukraine North CaucasusTranscaucasusAustriaBaltic StatesCzechia-SlovakiaHungaryItalyNW. Balkan Pen.PolandRomaniaUkraine
Native distribution of Scopolia carniolica, 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.
RegionTDWG codeContinent
Austria AUT EUROPE
Baltic States BLT
Czechia-Slovakia CZE
Hungary HUN
Italy ITA
NW. Balkan Pen. YUG
Poland POL
Romania ROM
Ukraine UKR
North Caucasus NCS ASIA-TEMPERATE
Transcaucasus TCS

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 9 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.

  • Hyoscyamus scopolia L.
  • Scopolia carniolica var. hladnikiana (Frey ex W.D.J.Koch) Nyman
  • Scopolia hladnikiana Fleischm. ex Nyman
  • Scopolia trichotoma Moench
  • Scopolia tubiflora Kreyer
  • Scopolina atropoides Schult.
  • Scopolina carniolica (Jacq.) Schur
  • Scopolina carniolica (Jacq.) Kuntze
  • Scopolina hladnikiana Frey ex W.D.J.Koch

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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