Secale sylvestreHost

WFO wfo-0000898589 Accepted WFO 2026-06 8 photographs CC BY

Plate 1 figs. a–h · 8 separate observations

Secale sylvestre, photographed by Oleg Kosterin
fig. a Oleg Kosterin, CC BY 4.0 / 2021-06-29 / obs. 164925766
Secale sylvestre, photographed by Galyna Mykytynets
fig. b Galyna Mykytynets, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 173745429
Secale sylvestre, photographed by Galyna Mykytynets
fig. c Galyna Mykytynets, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 173309096
Secale sylvestre, photographed by Konstantin Grebennikov
fig. d Konstantin Grebennikov, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 100092269
Secale sylvestre, photographed by Konstantin Grebennikov
fig. e Konstantin Grebennikov, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 100092272
Secale sylvestre, photographed by Dmitriy Bochkov
fig. f Dmitriy Bochkov, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 158330136
Secale sylvestre, photographed by Dmitriy Bochkov
fig. g Dmitriy Bochkov, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 174242341
Secale sylvestre, photographed by Сергей Крыленко
fig. h Сергей Крыленко, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 135001429

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Native range 19 botanical countries

Regions where Secale sylvestre is native: Kazakhstan, Kirgizstan, North Caucasus, Tadzhikistan, Transcaucasus, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, Belarus, Bulgaria, Central European Russia, East European Russia, Greece, Hungary, Krym, NW. Balkan Pen., Romania, South European Russia, Türkiye-in-Europe, Ukraine KazakhstanKirgizstanNorth CaucasusTadzhikistanTranscaucasusTurkmenistanUzbekistanBelarusBulgariaCentral European RussiaEast European RussiaGreeceHungaryKrymNW. Balkan Pen.RomaniaSouth European RussiaTürkiye-in-EuropeUkraine
Native distribution of Secale sylvestre, 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
Belarus BLR EUROPE
Bulgaria BUL
Central European Russia RUC
East European Russia RUE
Greece GRC
Hungary HUN
Krym KRY
NW. Balkan Pen. YUG
Romania ROM
South European Russia RUS
Türkiye-in-Europe TUE
Ukraine UKR
Kazakhstan KAZ ASIA-TEMPERATE
Kirgizstan KGZ
North Caucasus NCS
Tadzhikistan TZK
Transcaucasus TCS
Turkmenistan TKM
Uzbekistan UZB

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 6 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.

  • Secale campestre Kit. ex Schult.
  • Secale fragile M.Bieb.
  • Secale glaucum d'Urv.
  • Triticum campestre Roem. & Schult.
  • Triticum fragile (M.Bieb.) Link
  • Triticum silvestre Asch. & Graebn.

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. 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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