Thesium chinenseTurcz.

WFO wfo-0001134483 Accepted WFO 2026-06 7 photographs CC BY

Plate 1 figs. a–g · 2 observations

This species has been photographed under an open licence only 2 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.

Thesium chinense, photographed by Jacy Chen
fig. a Jacy Chen, CC BY 4.0 / 2020-05-11 / obs. 75299670
Thesium chinense, photographed by Yoshihiro Tokue
fig. b Yoshihiro Tokue, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 26339608
Thesium chinense, photographed by Yoshihiro Tokue
fig. c Yoshihiro Tokue, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 26339616
Thesium chinense, photographed by Jacy Chen
fig. d Jacy Chen, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 75299675
Thesium chinense, photographed by Yoshihiro Tokue
fig. e Yoshihiro Tokue, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 26339604
Thesium chinense, photographed by Yoshihiro Tokue
fig. f Yoshihiro Tokue, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 26339615
Thesium chinense, photographed by Jacy Chen
fig. g Jacy Chen, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 75299683

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Native range 17 botanical countries

Regions where Thesium chinense is native: Amur, China North-Central, China South-Central, China Southeast, Chita, Hainan, Inner Mongolia, Japan, Khabarovsk, Korea, Manchuria, Mongolia, Nansei-shoto, Primorye, Qinghai, Taiwan, Xinjiang AmurChina North-CentralChina South-CentralChina SoutheastChitaHainanInner MongoliaJapanKhabarovskManchuriaMongoliaPrimoryeQinghaiTaiwanXinjiang KoreaNansei-shoto
Native distribution of Thesium chinense, 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
Amur AMU ASIA-TEMPERATE
China North-Central CHN
China South-Central CHC
China Southeast CHS
Chita CTA
Hainan CHH
Inner Mongolia CHI
Japan JAP
Khabarovsk KHA
Korea KOR
Manchuria CHM
Mongolia MON
Nansei-shoto NNS
Primorye PRM
Qinghai CHQ
Taiwan TAI
Xinjiang CHX

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 5 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.

  • Linosyris chinensis (Turcz.) Kuntze
  • Linosyris decurrens (Blume ex A.DC.) Kuntze
  • Thesium chinense var. chinense
  • Thesium decurrens Blume ex A.DC.
  • Thesium rugulosum Bunge ex A.DC.

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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