Sideritis montanaL.

mountain ironwort

WFO wfo-0000310289 Accepted WFO 2026-06 8 photographs CC BY

Plate 1 figs. a–h · 8 separate observations

Sideritis montana, photographed by Anna Petrosyan
fig. a Anna Petrosyan, CC BY 4.0 / 2021-10-27 / obs. 165945433
Sideritis montana, photographed by Olena V. Vakarenko
fig. b Olena V. Vakarenko, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 179867164
Sideritis montana, photographed by Andrew Bazdyrev
fig. c Andrew Bazdyrev, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 153963768
Sideritis montana, photographed by Виктория Билоус
fig. d Виктория Билоус, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 174384378
Sideritis montana, photographed by Михаил Орлов
fig. e Михаил Орлов, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 105029513
Sideritis montana, photographed by Михаил Орлов
fig. f Михаил Орлов, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 104601557
Sideritis montana, photographed by Максим Шумских
fig. g Максим Шумских, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 88355821
Sideritis montana, photographed by Galyna Mykytynets
fig. h Galyna Mykytynets, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 118032350

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Native range 36 botanical countries

Regions where Sideritis montana is native: Algeria, Morocco, Tunisia, Afghanistan, East Aegean Is., Iran, Iraq, Kirgizstan, Lebanon-Syria, North Caucasus, Palestine, Tadzhikistan, Transcaucasus, Türkiye, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, Xinjiang, West Himalaya, Albania, Austria, Baleares, Bulgaria, Central European Russia, Czechia-Slovakia, East European Russia, France, Greece, Hungary, Italy, Krym, NW. Balkan Pen., Romania, South European Russia, Spain, Türkiye-in-Europe, Ukraine AlgeriaMoroccoTunisiaAfghanistanEast Aegean Is.IranIraqKirgizstanLebanon-SyriaNorth CaucasusPalestineTadzhikistanTranscaucasusTürkiyeTurkmenistanUzbekistanXinjiangWest HimalayaAlbaniaAustriaBulgariaCentral European RussiaCzechia-SlovakiaEast European RussiaFranceGreeceHungaryItalyKrymNW. Balkan Pen.RomaniaSouth European RussiaSpainTürkiye-in-EuropeUkraine Baleares
Native distribution of Sideritis montana, 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. Regions too small to draw at this scale are marked with a dot.
RegionTDWG codeContinent
Albania ALB EUROPE
Austria AUT
Baleares BAL
Bulgaria BUL
Central European Russia RUC
Czechia-Slovakia CZE
East European Russia RUE
France FRA
Greece GRC
Hungary HUN
Italy ITA
Krym KRY
NW. Balkan Pen. YUG
Romania ROM
South European Russia RUS
Spain SPA
Türkiye-in-Europe TUE
Ukraine UKR
Afghanistan AFG ASIA-TEMPERATE
East Aegean Is. EAI
Iran IRN
Iraq IRQ
Kirgizstan KGZ
Lebanon-Syria LBS
North Caucasus NCS
Palestine PAL
Tadzhikistan TZK
Transcaucasus TCS
Türkiye TUR
Turkmenistan TKM
Uzbekistan UZB
Xinjiang CHX
Algeria ALG AFRICA
Morocco MOR
Tunisia TUN
West Himalaya WHM ASIA-TROPICAL

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 21 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.

  • Burgsdorfia montana (L.) Rchb.
  • Hesiodia bicolor Moench
  • Hesiodia ebracteata (Asso) Soják
  • Hesiodia montana (L.) Dumort.
  • Hesiodia montana subsp. comosa (Rochel ex Benth.) Soják
  • Hesiodia remota (d'Urv.) Soják
  • Sideritis comosa (Rochel ex Benth.) Stankov
  • Sideritis ebracteata Asso
  • Sideritis montana subsp. comosa (Rochel ex Benth.) Soó
  • Sideritis montana subsp. ebracteata (Asso) Murb.
  • Sideritis montana var. comosa Rochel ex Benth.
  • Sideritis montana var. ebracteata (Asso) Briq.
  • Sideritis montana var. humilis Rouy
  • Sideritis montana var. ramosa K.Koch
  • Sideritis montana var. sericea K.Koch
  • Sideritis montana var. simplicissima K.Koch
  • Sideritis remota d'Urv.
  • Sideritis riklii Briq.
  • Stachys bicolor (Moench) E.H.L.Krause
  • Stachys montana (L.) Peruzzi & Bartolucci
  • Stachys remota (d'Urv.) E.H.L.Krause

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. Wikidata. common name (P1843), joined on the World Flora Online identifier (P7715). CC0. Retrieved 2026-07-13.
  4. 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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