Trollius europaeusL.

WFO wfo-0000455242 Accepted WFO 2026-06 8 photographs CC BY / CC BY-SA

Plate 1 figs. a–h · 8 separate observations

Trollius europaeus, photographed by Константин Селивёрстов
fig. a Константин Селивёрстов, CC BY 4.0 / 2022-06-14 / obs. 205974299
Trollius europaeus, photographed by Eugene Popov
fig. b Eugene Popov, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 205732639
Trollius europaeus, photographed by Thor-Rune Hansen
fig. c Thor-Rune Hansen, CC BY-SA 4.0 / obs. 205199347
Trollius europaeus, photographed by Jason Grant
fig. d Jason Grant, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 205229350
Trollius europaeus, photographed by Mattia Menchetti
fig. e Mattia Menchetti, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 204994764
Trollius europaeus, photographed by Marco Mussita
fig. f Marco Mussita, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 205774267
Trollius europaeus, photographed by Эльмира
fig. g Эльмира, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 204587669
Trollius europaeus, photographed by neyasit
fig. h neyasit, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 204693636

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Native range 29 botanical countries

Regions where Trollius europaeus is native: West Siberia, Albania, Austria, Baltic States, Belarus, Bulgaria, Central European Russia, Czechia-Slovakia, Denmark, East European Russia, Finland, France, Germany, Great Britain, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, North European Russia, Northwest European Russia, Norway, NW. Balkan Pen., Poland, Romania, South European Russia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Ukraine West SiberiaAlbaniaAustriaBaltic StatesBelarusBulgariaCentral European RussiaCzechia-SlovakiaDenmarkEast European RussiaFinlandFranceGermanyGreeceHungaryIrelandItalyNorth European RussiaNorthwest European RussiaNorwayNW. Balkan Pen.PolandRomaniaSouth European RussiaSpainSwedenSwitzerlandUkraine
Native distribution of Trollius europaeus, 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
Albania ALB EUROPE
Austria AUT
Baltic States BLT
Belarus BLR
Bulgaria BUL
Central European Russia RUC
Czechia-Slovakia CZE
Denmark DEN
East European Russia RUE
Finland FIN
France FRA
Germany GER
Great Britain GRB
Greece GRC
Hungary HUN
Ireland IRE
Italy ITA
North European Russia RUN
Northwest European Russia RUW
Norway NOR
NW. Balkan Pen. YUG
Poland POL
Romania ROM
South European Russia RUS
Spain SPA
Sweden SWE
Switzerland SWI
Ukraine UKR
West Siberia WSB ASIA-TEMPERATE

Not drawn on the map: Great Britain. We hold no public-domain boundary for this region, so it is 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.

Also published as 20 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.

  • Trollius connivens Moench
  • Trollius emarginatus G.Don
  • Trollius germanicus Wender.
  • Trollius globosus Lam.
  • Trollius grandiflorus Tausch
  • Trollius grandiflorus Bailly
  • Trollius humilis Crantz
  • Trollius medius Wender.
  • Trollius minimus Wender.
  • Trollius montanus Salisb.
  • Trollius napellifolius Roepert
  • Trollius napellifolius var. erectus Roepert
  • Trollius napellifolius var. nitens Roepert
  • Trollius napellifolius var. opacus Roepert
  • Trollius napellifolius var. patulus Roepert
  • Trollius rotundiflorus Stokes
  • Trollius sphaericus Salisb.
  • Trollius tauricus hort. ex Wender.
  • Trollius viridiflorus Schur
  • Trollius viridis Miel.

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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