Sophora alopecuroidesL.

WFO wfo-0000213933 Accepted WFO 2026-06 8 photographs CC BY

Plate 1 figs. a–h · 7 observations

This species has been photographed under an open licence only 7 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.

Sophora alopecuroides, photographed by Вячеслав Юсупов
fig. a Вячеслав Юсупов, CC BY 4.0 / 2022-05-07 / obs. 195689268
Sophora alopecuroides, photographed by Oleg Kosterin
fig. b Oleg Kosterin, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 168365843
Sophora alopecuroides, photographed by Oleg Kosterin
fig. c Oleg Kosterin, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 168092201
Sophora alopecuroides, photographed by Вячеслав Юсупов
fig. d Вячеслав Юсупов, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 195689227
Sophora alopecuroides, photographed by Oleg Kosterin
fig. e Oleg Kosterin, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 168373156
Sophora alopecuroides, photographed by Oleg Kosterin
fig. f Oleg Kosterin, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 168092310
Sophora alopecuroides, photographed by Oleg Kosterin
fig. g Oleg Kosterin, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 168092246
Sophora alopecuroides, photographed by desertnaturalist
fig. h desertnaturalist, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 65954919

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Native range 24 botanical countries

Regions where Sophora alopecuroides is native: Afghanistan, Altay, China North-Central, China Southeast, Inner Mongolia, Iran, Iraq, Kazakhstan, Kirgizstan, Lebanon-Syria, Mongolia, Qinghai, Tadzhikistan, Tibet, Transcaucasus, Türkiye, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, Xinjiang, Pakistan, West Himalaya, East European Russia, Krym, South European Russia AfghanistanAltayChina North-CentralChina SoutheastInner MongoliaIranIraqKazakhstanKirgizstanLebanon-SyriaMongoliaQinghaiTadzhikistanTibetTranscaucasusTürkiyeTurkmenistanUzbekistanXinjiangPakistanWest HimalayaEast European RussiaKrymSouth European Russia
Native distribution of Sophora alopecuroides, 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
Afghanistan AFG ASIA-TEMPERATE
Altay ALT
China North-Central CHN
China Southeast CHS
Inner Mongolia CHI
Iran IRN
Iraq IRQ
Kazakhstan KAZ
Kirgizstan KGZ
Lebanon-Syria LBS
Mongolia MON
Qinghai CHQ
Tadzhikistan TZK
Tibet CHT
Transcaucasus TCS
Türkiye TUR
Turkmenistan TKM
Uzbekistan UZB
Xinjiang CHX
East European Russia RUE EUROPE
Krym KRY
South European Russia RUS
Pakistan PAK ASIA-TROPICAL
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 22 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.

  • Goebelia alopecuroides (L.) Bunge ex Boiss.
  • Goebelia alopecuroides var. alopecuroides
  • Goebelia alopecuroides var. tomentosa Boiss.
  • Goebelia alopecuroides var. tomentosa Bunge
  • Pseudosophora alopecuroides (L.) Galushko
  • Pseudosophora alopecuroides (L.) Sweet
  • Radiusia alopecuroides (L.) Endl.
  • Sophora albicans J.St.-Hil.
  • Sophora alopecuroides subsp. alopecuroides
  • Sophora alopecuroides subsp. jaubertii Borza
  • Sophora alopecuroides subsp. prodanii Yakovlev
  • Sophora alopecuroides subsp. tomentosa (Benth.) Brenan
  • Sophora alopecuroides subsp. tomentosa (Boiss.) Ponert
  • Sophora alopecuroides var. tomentosa (Benth.) Brenan
  • Sophora orientalis Pall.
  • Sophora pallida Salisb.
  • Vexibia alopecuroides (L.) Yakovlev
  • Vexibia alopecuroides (L.) W.A.Weber
  • Vexibia alopecuroides subsp. alopecuroides
  • Vexibia alopecuroides var. tomentosa (Boiss.) Yakovlev
  • Vexibia alopecuroides var. tomentosa (Boiss.) Bornm.
  • Vexibiai alopecuroides (L.) Yakovlev

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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