Torilis japonicaDC.

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WFO wfo-0000411355 Accepted WFO 2026-06 8 photographs CC0 / CC BY

Plate 1 figs. a–h · 8 separate observations

Torilis japonica, photographed by Martin Kalfatovic
fig. a Martin Kalfatovic, CC BY 4.0 / 2022-06-05 / obs. 203799841
Torilis japonica, photographed by Daniel Cahen
fig. b Daniel Cahen, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 173491146
Torilis japonica, photographed by Radosław Puchałka
fig. c Radosław Puchałka, CC0 1.0 / obs. 172054319
Torilis japonica, photographed by Daniel Cahen
fig. d Daniel Cahen, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 169580621
Torilis japonica, photographed by Daniel Cahen
fig. e Daniel Cahen, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 167899658
Torilis japonica, photographed by Eleftherios Katsillis
fig. f Eleftherios Katsillis, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 156521351
Torilis japonica, photographed by Aleksei Baushev
fig. g Aleksei Baushev, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 153982351
Torilis japonica, photographed by Nina Filippova
fig. h Nina Filippova, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 153475100

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Native range 56 botanical countries

Regions where Torilis japonica is native: Morocco, Afghanistan, China North-Central, China South-Central, China Southeast, Inner Mongolia, Iran, Japan, Korea, Kuril Is., North Caucasus, Palestine, Primorye, Tibet, Transcaucasus, Türkiye, Assam, East Himalaya, Myanmar, Nepal, Pakistan, Vietnam, West Himalaya, Albania, Austria, Baleares, Baltic States, Belarus, Belgium, Bulgaria, Central European Russia, Corse, Czechia-Slovakia, Denmark, East European Russia, France, Germany, Great Britain, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Krym, Netherlands, Northwest European Russia, Norway, NW. Balkan Pen., Poland, Portugal, Romania, South European Russia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Türkiye-in-Europe, Ukraine MoroccoAfghanistanChina North-CentralChina South-CentralChina SoutheastInner MongoliaIranJapanNorth CaucasusPalestinePrimoryeTibetTranscaucasusTürkiyeAssamEast HimalayaMyanmarNepalPakistanVietnamWest HimalayaAlbaniaAustriaBaltic StatesBelarusBelgiumBulgariaCentral European RussiaCorseCzechia-SlovakiaDenmarkEast European RussiaFranceGermanyGreeceHungaryIrelandItalyKrymNetherlandsNorthwest European RussiaNorwayNW. Balkan Pen.PolandPortugalRomaniaSouth European RussiaSpainSwedenSwitzerlandTürkiye-in-EuropeUkraine KoreaBaleares
Native distribution of Torilis japonica, 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
Austria AUT
Baleares BAL
Baltic States BLT
Belarus BLR
Belgium BGM
Bulgaria BUL
Central European Russia RUC
Corse COR
Czechia-Slovakia CZE
Denmark DEN
East European Russia RUE
France FRA
Germany GER
Great Britain GRB
Greece GRC
Hungary HUN
Ireland IRE
Italy ITA
Krym KRY
Netherlands NET
Northwest European Russia RUW
Norway NOR
NW. Balkan Pen. YUG
Poland POL
Portugal POR
Romania ROM
South European Russia RUS
Spain SPA
Sweden SWE
Switzerland SWI
Türkiye-in-Europe TUE
Ukraine UKR
Afghanistan AFG ASIA-TEMPERATE
China North-Central CHN
China South-Central CHC
China Southeast CHS
Inner Mongolia CHI
Iran IRN
Japan JAP
Korea KOR
Kuril Is. KUR
North Caucasus NCS
Palestine PAL
Primorye PRM
Tibet CHT
Transcaucasus TCS
Türkiye TUR
Assam ASS ASIA-TROPICAL
East Himalaya EHM
Myanmar MYA
Nepal NEP
Pakistan PAK
Vietnam VIE
West Himalaya WHM
Morocco MOR AFRICA

Not drawn on the map: Kuril Is., Great Britain. We hold no public-domain boundary for these regions, so they are listed rather than guessed at.

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.

Flowering 307 in flower of 407 examined

Peak flowering in Jul. Each bar is the share of Torilis japonica observations in which someone actually recorded the reproductive state and found the plant in flower, not the raw number of flowering records. That distinction matters: people observe plants far more in spring than in winter, so a bare count of flowering records partly measures when people go outside. Dividing by the number examined removes that. 307 of 407 examined observations were in flower, every one of them research grade. The whisker on each bar is a 95% Wilson interval. 3 months have fewer than 5 examined observations, so no proportion is drawn for them. This is still a global aggregate and not a forecast for your garden: the same species flowers on different dates in different hemispheres. Where a species has fewer than 30 flowering records we do not draw this chart at all. Computed from 10.15468/dl.cgje2x.

Also published as 25 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.

  • Anthriscus vulgaris Bernh.
  • Caucalis anthriscus Huds.
  • Caucalis aspera Lam.
  • Caucalis coniifolia Wall. ex DC.
  • Caucalis elata D.Don
  • Caucalis japonica Houtt.
  • Caucalis praetermissa (Hance) Franch.
  • Caucalis scandicina Roth
  • Chaerophyllum hispidum Thunb. ex Miq.
  • Daucus anthriscus (L.) Baill.
  • Selinum anthriscus (L.) E.H.L.Krause
  • Selinum torilis E.H.L.Krause
  • Tordylium anthriscus L.
  • Tordylium asperum Gilib.
  • Tordylium verecundum Salisb.
  • Torilis anthrisca St.-Lag.
  • Torilis anthriscus (L.) C.C.Gmel
  • Torilis anthriscus var. japonica (Houtt.) H.Boissieu
  • Torilis convexa Dulac
  • Torilis elata Spreng.
  • Torilis persica Boiss. & Buhse
  • Torilis praetermissa Hance
  • Torilis rubella Moench
  • Torilis rubella f. gracilis C.G.Westerl.

and 1 more.

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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