Thapsia villosaL.

WFO wfo-0000409614 Accepted WFO 2026-06 8 photographs CC BY

Plate 1 figs. a–h · 8 separate observations

Thapsia villosa, photographed by Carminda Santos
fig. a Carminda Santos, CC BY 4.0 / 2022-06-05 / obs. 203897392
Thapsia villosa, photographed by Rafael Medina
fig. b Rafael Medina, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 199404842
Thapsia villosa, photographed by Juan C. Espinosa
fig. c Juan C. Espinosa, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 200542624
Thapsia villosa, photographed by Juan C. Espinosa
fig. d Juan C. Espinosa, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 199448294
Thapsia villosa, photographed by scolym
fig. e scolym, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 195754504
Thapsia villosa, photographed by scolym
fig. f scolym, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 192764529
Thapsia villosa, photographed by scolym
fig. g scolym, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 192763315
Thapsia villosa, photographed by scolym
fig. h scolym, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 190010560

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Native range 6 botanical countries

Regions where Thapsia villosa is native: Algeria, Morocco, Tunisia, France, Portugal, Spain AlgeriaMoroccoTunisiaFrancePortugalSpain
Native distribution of Thapsia villosa, 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
Algeria ALG AFRICA
Morocco MOR
Tunisia TUN
France FRA EUROPE
Portugal POR
Spain SPA

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 10 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.

  • Laserpitium villosum (L.) Calest.
  • Thapsia dissecta (Boiss.) Arán & Mateo
  • Thapsia laciniata Rouy
  • Thapsia microcarpa Pomel
  • Thapsia stenoptera Pomel
  • Thapsia villosa var. dissecta Boiss.
  • Thapsia villosa var. laciniata (Rouy) O.Bolòs & Vigo
  • Thapsia villosa var. latifolia Boiss.
  • Thapsia villosa var. microcarpa (Pomel) Batt.
  • Thapsia villosa var. stenoptera (Pomel) Batt.

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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