Silene tatarica(L.) Pers.

WFO wfo-0000440153 Accepted WFO 2026-06 8 photographs CC BY / CC BY-SA

Plate 1 figs. a–h · 8 separate observations

Silene tatarica, photographed by Dmitriy Bochkov
fig. a Dmitriy Bochkov, CC BY 4.0 / 2021-05-25 / obs. 132368560
Silene tatarica, photographed by Grzegorz Grzejszczak
fig. b Grzegorz Grzejszczak, CC BY-SA 4.0 / obs. 116217475
Silene tatarica, photographed by Вячеслав Юсупов
fig. c Вячеслав Юсупов, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 45145717
Silene tatarica, photographed by Dmitriy Bochkov
fig. d Dmitriy Bochkov, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 54967070
Silene tatarica, photographed by Константин Селивёрстов
fig. e Константин Селивёрстов, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 59098972
Silene tatarica, photographed by Алексей Логинов
fig. f Алексей Логинов, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 139163203
Silene tatarica, photographed by Вячеслав Юсупов
fig. g Вячеслав Юсупов, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 137204089
Silene tatarica, photographed by Марина Давлетшина
fig. h Марина Давлетшина, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 156322040

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Native range 14 botanical countries

Regions where Silene tatarica is native: Kazakhstan, West Siberia, Baltic States, Belarus, Central European Russia, East European Russia, Finland, Germany, North European Russia, Northwest European Russia, Norway, Poland, South European Russia, Ukraine KazakhstanWest SiberiaBaltic StatesBelarusCentral European RussiaEast European RussiaFinlandGermanyNorth European RussiaNorthwest European RussiaNorwayPolandSouth European RussiaUkraine
Native distribution of Silene tatarica, 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
Baltic States BLT EUROPE
Belarus BLR
Central European Russia RUC
East European Russia RUE
Finland FIN
Germany GER
North European Russia RUN
Northwest European Russia RUW
Norway NOR
Poland POL
South European Russia RUS
Ukraine UKR
Kazakhstan KAZ ASIA-TEMPERATE
West Siberia WSB

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.

  • Cucubalus secundus Gilib.
  • Cucubalus tataricus L.
  • Viscago tartarica (L.) Hornem.

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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