Sibbaldia parvifloraWilld.

WFO wfo-0000996343 Accepted WFO 2026-06 8 photographs CC BY

Plate 1 figs. a–h · 6 observations

This species has been photographed under an open licence only 6 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.

Sibbaldia parviflora, photographed by Dmitriy Bochkov
fig. a Dmitriy Bochkov, CC BY 4.0 / 2019-07-18 / obs. 48750180
Sibbaldia parviflora, photographed by Dmitriy Bochkov
fig. b Dmitriy Bochkov, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 48655774
Sibbaldia parviflora, photographed by Dmitriy Bochkov
fig. c Dmitriy Bochkov, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 56117254
Sibbaldia parviflora, photographed by Dmitriy Bochkov
fig. d Dmitriy Bochkov, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 31549425
Sibbaldia parviflora, photographed by Jacek Pietruszewski
fig. e Jacek Pietruszewski, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 204796203
Sibbaldia parviflora, photographed by Jacek Pietruszewski
fig. f Jacek Pietruszewski, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 204796237
Sibbaldia parviflora, photographed by Jacek Pietruszewski
fig. g Jacek Pietruszewski, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 204796268
Sibbaldia parviflora, photographed by Oleg Kosterin
fig. h Oleg Kosterin, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 203521258

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Native range 9 botanical countries

Regions where Sibbaldia parviflora is native: Iran, Iraq, North Caucasus, Transcaucasus, Türkiye, Albania, Bulgaria, Greece, NW. Balkan Pen. IranIraqNorth CaucasusTranscaucasusTürkiyeAlbaniaBulgariaGreeceNW. Balkan Pen.
Native distribution of Sibbaldia parviflora, 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
Iran IRN ASIA-TEMPERATE
Iraq IRQ
North Caucasus NCS
Transcaucasus TCS
Türkiye TUR
Albania ALB EUROPE
Bulgaria BUL
Greece GRC
NW. Balkan Pen. YUG

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 8 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.

  • Potentilla sibbaldii Hook.f.
  • Sibbaldia parviflora var. minor Boiss.
  • Sibbaldia parviflora var. semiglabra (Willd.) Trautv.
  • Sibbaldia parvifolia Willd.
  • Sibbaldia procumbens M.Bieb.
  • Sibbaldia procumbens subsp. parviflora (Willd.) Kamelin
  • Sibbaldia procumbens var. orientalis Sommier & Levier
  • Sibbaldia procumbens var. pilosior Trautv.

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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