Sibbaldianthe moorcroftii(Wall. ex Lehm.) Mosyakin & Shiyan

WFO wfo-0001347957 Accepted WFO 2026-06 7 photographs CC BY

Plate 1 figs. a–g · 2 observations

This species has been photographed under an open licence only 2 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.

Sibbaldianthe moorcroftii, photographed by Carlos Martorell
fig. a Carlos Martorell, CC BY 4.0 / 2018-05-22 / obs. 23435009
Sibbaldianthe moorcroftii, photographed by Name
fig. b Name, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 198093651
Sibbaldianthe moorcroftii, photographed by Carlos Martorell
fig. c Carlos Martorell, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 23435018
Sibbaldianthe moorcroftii, photographed by Name
fig. d Name, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 198093678
Sibbaldianthe moorcroftii, photographed by Name
fig. e Name, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 198093702
Sibbaldianthe moorcroftii, photographed by Name
fig. f Name, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 198093728
Sibbaldianthe moorcroftii, photographed by Name
fig. g Name, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 198093746

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Native range 13 botanical countries

Regions where Sibbaldianthe moorcroftii is native: China North-Central, China South-Central, Kazakhstan, Kirgizstan, Manchuria, Mongolia, Qinghai, Tadzhikistan, Tibet, Xinjiang, East Himalaya, Nepal, West Himalaya China North-CentralChina South-CentralKazakhstanKirgizstanManchuriaMongoliaQinghaiTadzhikistanTibetXinjiangEast HimalayaNepalWest Himalaya
Native distribution of Sibbaldianthe moorcroftii, 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
China North-Central CHN ASIA-TEMPERATE
China South-Central CHC
Kazakhstan KAZ
Kirgizstan KGZ
Manchuria CHM
Mongolia MON
Qinghai CHQ
Tadzhikistan TZK
Tibet CHT
Xinjiang CHX
East Himalaya EHM ASIA-TROPICAL
Nepal NEP
West Himalaya WHM

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.

  • Potentilla bidens Bertol.
  • Potentilla bifurca f. glaucescens (Lehm.) Th.Wolf
  • Potentilla bifurca subsp. moorcroftii (Wall. ex Lehm.) Soják ex Panigrahi
  • Potentilla bifurca var. glaucescens Lehm.
  • Potentilla bifurca var. humilior Rupr. & Ost.-Sack.
  • Potentilla bifurca var. moorcroftii (Wall. ex Lehm.) Th.Wolf
  • Potentilla glauca Cambess.
  • Potentilla moorcroftii Wall. ex Lehm.
  • Schistophyllidium moorcroftii (Wall. ex Lehm.) Ikonn.

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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