Sempervivum ruthenicumSchnittsp. & C.B.Lehm.

WFO wfo-0000735966 Accepted WFO 2026-06 8 photographs CC0 / CC BY

Plate 1 figs. a–h · 8 separate observations

Sempervivum ruthenicum, photographed by Liubov Ilminska
fig. a Liubov Ilminska, CC0 1.0 / 2022-05-24 / obs. 201685294
Sempervivum ruthenicum, photographed by Aleksei Baushev
fig. b Aleksei Baushev, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 188547226
Sempervivum ruthenicum, photographed by Aleksei Baushev
fig. c Aleksei Baushev, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 188550133
Sempervivum ruthenicum, photographed by Aleksei Baushev
fig. d Aleksei Baushev, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 152253281
Sempervivum ruthenicum, photographed by Aleksei Baushev
fig. e Aleksei Baushev, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 152262602
Sempervivum ruthenicum, photographed by Aleksei Baushev
fig. f Aleksei Baushev, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 136074800
Sempervivum ruthenicum, photographed by Aleksei Baushev
fig. g Aleksei Baushev, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 136080780
Sempervivum ruthenicum, photographed by Aleksei Baushev
fig. h Aleksei Baushev, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 134116329

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Native range 9 botanical countries

Regions where Sempervivum ruthenicum is native: Belarus, Bulgaria, Central European Russia, Greece, Krym, NW. Balkan Pen., Romania, South European Russia, Ukraine BelarusBulgariaCentral European RussiaGreeceKrymNW. Balkan Pen.RomaniaSouth European RussiaUkraine
Native distribution of Sempervivum ruthenicum, 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
Greece GRC
Krym KRY
NW. Balkan Pen. YUG
Romania ROM
South European Russia RUS
Ukraine UKR

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 3 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.

  • Sempervivum cappadocicum Boiss.
  • Sempervivum globiferum var. ruthenicum W.D.J.Koch
  • Sempervivum zeleborii Schott

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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