Smyrnium olusatrumL.

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WFO wfo-0000431292 Accepted WFO 2026-06 8 photographs CC0 / CC BY

Plate 1 figs. a–h · 8 separate observations

Smyrnium olusatrum, photographed by Daniel Cahen
fig. a Daniel Cahen, CC BY 4.0 / 2022-06-12 / obs. 205529853
Smyrnium olusatrum, photographed by agujaceratops
fig. b agujaceratops, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 205449329
Smyrnium olusatrum, photographed by Daniel Cahen
fig. c Daniel Cahen, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 203369910
Smyrnium olusatrum, photographed by Daniel Cahen
fig. d Daniel Cahen, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 202815939
Smyrnium olusatrum, photographed by Quentin Groom
fig. e Quentin Groom, CC0 1.0 / obs. 197844242
Smyrnium olusatrum, photographed by Zeke Marshall
fig. f Zeke Marshall, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 197190924
Smyrnium olusatrum, photographed by Matt Pelikan
fig. g Matt Pelikan, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 196616156
Smyrnium olusatrum, photographed by Rachel Webster
fig. h Rachel Webster, CC0 1.0 / obs. 196605938

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Native range 26 botanical countries

Regions where Smyrnium olusatrum is native: Algeria, Azores, Canary Is., Chad, Libya, Madeira, Morocco, Tunisia, Cyprus, East Aegean Is., Lebanon-Syria, Palestine, Türkiye, Albania, Baleares, Corse, France, Greece, Italy, Kriti, NW. Balkan Pen., Portugal, Sardegna, Sicilia, Spain, Türkiye-in-Europe AlgeriaChadLibyaMoroccoTunisiaCyprusEast Aegean Is.Lebanon-SyriaPalestineTürkiyeAlbaniaCorseFranceGreeceItalyKritiNW. Balkan Pen.PortugalSiciliaSpainTürkiye-in-Europe AzoresCanary Is.MadeiraBalearesSardegna
Native distribution of Smyrnium olusatrum, 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
Baleares BAL
Corse COR
France FRA
Greece GRC
Italy ITA
Kriti KRI
NW. Balkan Pen. YUG
Portugal POR
Sardegna SAR
Sicilia SIC
Spain SPA
Türkiye-in-Europe TUE
Algeria ALG AFRICA
Azores AZO
Canary Is. CNY
Chad CHA
Libya LBY
Madeira MDR
Morocco MOR
Tunisia TUN
Cyprus CYP ASIA-TEMPERATE
East Aegean Is. EAI
Lebanon-Syria LBS
Palestine PAL
Türkiye TUR

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 2 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.

  • Smyrnium maritimum Salisb.
  • Smyrnium vulgare Gray

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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