Seseli annuumL.

WFO wfo-0000434715 Accepted WFO 2026-06 8 photographs CC0 / CC BY

Plate 1 figs. a–h · 8 separate observations

Seseli annuum, photographed by Aleksei Baushev
fig. a Aleksei Baushev, CC BY 4.0 / 2021-10-23 / obs. 165133687
Seseli annuum, photographed by Patrick Hacker
fig. b Patrick Hacker, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 161341155
Seseli annuum, photographed by Patrick Hacker
fig. c Patrick Hacker, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 161383262
Seseli annuum, photographed by Силаева Татьяна Борисовна
fig. d Силаева Татьяна Борисовна, CC0 1.0 / obs. 155402017
Seseli annuum, photographed by Aleksei Baushev
fig. e Aleksei Baushev, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 147578088
Seseli annuum, photographed by Gabriel Mayrhofer
fig. f Gabriel Mayrhofer, CC0 1.0 / obs. 96186682
Seseli annuum, photographed by Силаева Татьяна Борисовна
fig. g Силаева Татьяна Борисовна, CC0 1.0 / obs. 79111730
Seseli annuum, photographed by Andreas Stiller
fig. h Andreas Stiller, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 47317766

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Native range 17 botanical countries

Regions where Seseli annuum is native: Austria, Baltic States, Belarus, Bulgaria, Central European Russia, Czechia-Slovakia, East European Russia, France, Germany, Hungary, Italy, Poland, Romania, South European Russia, Spain, Switzerland, Ukraine AustriaBaltic StatesBelarusBulgariaCentral European RussiaCzechia-SlovakiaEast European RussiaFranceGermanyHungaryItalyPolandRomaniaSouth European RussiaSpainSwitzerlandUkraine
Native distribution of Seseli annuum, 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
Belarus BLR
Bulgaria BUL
Central European Russia RUC
Czechia-Slovakia CZE
East European Russia RUE
France FRA
Germany GER
Hungary HUN
Italy ITA
Poland POL
Romania ROM
South European Russia RUS
Spain SPA
Switzerland SWI
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 23 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.

  • Carum siifolium Röhl.
  • Carum simplex Stephan ex Willd.
  • Leiotelis annua (L.) Raf.
  • Peucedanum flexuosum Kit. ex Rochel
  • Selinum alpinum M.Bieb.
  • Selinum coloratum E.H.L.Krause
  • Selinum dimidiatum DC.
  • Seseli bienne Crantz
  • Seseli bienne subsp. carvifolium (Vill.) Rouy & E.G.Camus
  • Seseli bienne var. minus Wallr.
  • Seseli brevicaule Jord.
  • Seseli carvifolium Vill.
  • Seseli coloratum Ehrh.
  • Seseli coloratum var. brevicaule (Jord.) St.-Lag.
  • Seseli coloratum var. carvifolium (Vill.) Burnat
  • Seseli ferulaceum Steven ex DC.
  • Seseli montanum subsp. carvifolium Bonnier & Layens
  • Seseli montanum subsp. coloratum (Ehrh.) Bonnier & Layens
  • Seseli purpureum Gilib.
  • Seseli scaberrimum Prodan
  • Seseli simplex Poir.
  • Sium annuum (L.) Roth
  • Sium tortuosum Roth

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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