Thymelaea tinctoria(Pourr.) Endl.

WFO wfo-0000457571 Accepted WFO 2026-06 8 photographs CC0 / CC BY

Plate 1 figs. a–h · 8 separate observations

Thymelaea tinctoria, photographed by Tim Johnson
fig. a Tim Johnson, CC BY 4.0 / 2021-06-20 / obs. 137573869
Thymelaea tinctoria, photographed by Tim Johnson
fig. b Tim Johnson, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 148916227
Thymelaea tinctoria, photographed by peresol
fig. c peresol, CC0 1.0 / obs. 63464039
Thymelaea tinctoria, photographed by Todd Boland
fig. d Todd Boland, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 114751271
Thymelaea tinctoria, photographed by Naturalista
fig. e Naturalista, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 186087850
Thymelaea tinctoria, photographed by peresol
fig. f peresol, CC0 1.0 / obs. 179103543
Thymelaea tinctoria, photographed by peresol
fig. g peresol, CC0 1.0 / obs. 173833051
Thymelaea tinctoria, photographed by Tim Johnson
fig. h Tim Johnson, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 170295765

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Native range 2 botanical countries

Regions where Thymelaea tinctoria is native: France, Spain FranceSpain
Native distribution of Thymelaea tinctoria, 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
France FRA EUROPE
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 18 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.

  • Chlamydanthus tinctorius (Pourr.) C.A.Mey.
  • Daphne calycina Lam.
  • Daphne tinctoria (Pourr.) Wikstr.
  • Daphne vermiculata Vahl
  • Passerina hirsuta Asso
  • Passerina juniperifolia Lapeyr.
  • Passerina nivalis Ramond
  • Passerina tinctoria Pourr.
  • Passerina tinctoria prol. imbricata Sennen
  • Passerina tinctoria prol. nivalis (Ramond) Rouy
  • Passerina tinctoria var. nivalis (Ramond) H.J.Coste
  • Stellera tinctoria (Pourr.) Oken
  • Thymelaea nivalis (Ramond) Meisn.
  • Thymelaea tinctoria prol. nivalis (Ramond) P.Fourn.
  • Thymelaea tinctoria subsp. nivalis (Ramond) Nyman
  • Thymelaea tinctoria subsp. tinctoria
  • Thymelaea tinctoria var. nivalis (Ramond) Lange
  • Thymelaea tinctoria var. vermiculata (Vahl) Lange

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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