Turgenia latifolia(L.) Hoffm.

broadleaf false carrot

WFO wfo-0000411232 Accepted WFO 2026-06 8 photographs CC0 / CC BY

Plate 1 figs. a–h · 3 observations

This species has been photographed under an open licence only 3 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.

Turgenia latifolia, photographed by Иван Ковтун Ivan Kovtun
fig. a Иван Ковтун Ivan Kovtun, CC BY 4.0 / 2022-05-28 / obs. 201238613
Turgenia latifolia, photographed by Иван Ковтун Ivan Kovtun
fig. b Иван Ковтун Ivan Kovtun, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 201238691
Turgenia latifolia, photographed by Дима Орлов
fig. c Дима Орлов, CC0 1.0 / obs. 201173495
Turgenia latifolia, photographed by Максим Шумских
fig. d Максим Шумских, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 150932433
Turgenia latifolia, photographed by Дима Орлов
fig. e Дима Орлов, CC0 1.0 / obs. 201173510
Turgenia latifolia, photographed by Иван Ковтун Ivan Kovtun
fig. f Иван Ковтун Ivan Kovtun, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 201238791
Turgenia latifolia, photographed by Иван Ковтун Ivan Kovtun
fig. g Иван Ковтун Ivan Kovtun, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 201238903
Turgenia latifolia, photographed by Иван Ковтун Ivan Kovtun
fig. h Иван Ковтун Ivan Kovtun, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 201239027

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Native range 41 botanical countries

Regions where Turgenia latifolia is native: Algeria, Libya, Morocco, Tunisia, Afghanistan, Cyprus, Iran, Iraq, Kirgizstan, Lebanon-Syria, North Caucasus, Palestine, Tadzhikistan, Transcaucasus, Türkiye, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, Xinjiang, Pakistan, West Himalaya, Albania, Austria, Bulgaria, Czechia-Slovakia, East European Russia, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Italy, Kriti, Krym, NW. Balkan Pen., Portugal, Romania, Sicilia, South European Russia, Spain, Switzerland, Türkiye-in-Europe, Ukraine AlgeriaLibyaMoroccoTunisiaAfghanistanCyprusIranIraqKirgizstanLebanon-SyriaNorth CaucasusPalestineTadzhikistanTranscaucasusTürkiyeTurkmenistanUzbekistanXinjiangPakistanWest HimalayaAlbaniaAustriaBulgariaCzechia-SlovakiaEast European RussiaFranceGermanyGreeceHungaryItalyKritiKrymNW. Balkan Pen.PortugalRomaniaSiciliaSouth European RussiaSpainSwitzerlandTürkiye-in-EuropeUkraine
Native distribution of Turgenia latifolia, 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
Bulgaria BUL
Czechia-Slovakia CZE
East European Russia RUE
France FRA
Germany GER
Greece GRC
Hungary HUN
Italy ITA
Kriti KRI
Krym KRY
NW. Balkan Pen. YUG
Portugal POR
Romania ROM
Sicilia SIC
South European Russia RUS
Spain SPA
Switzerland SWI
Türkiye-in-Europe TUE
Ukraine UKR
Afghanistan AFG ASIA-TEMPERATE
Cyprus CYP
Iran IRN
Iraq IRQ
Kirgizstan KGZ
Lebanon-Syria LBS
North Caucasus NCS
Palestine PAL
Tadzhikistan TZK
Transcaucasus TCS
Türkiye TUR
Turkmenistan TKM
Uzbekistan UZB
Xinjiang CHX
Algeria ALG AFRICA
Libya LBY
Morocco MOR
Tunisia TUN
Pakistan PAK ASIA-TROPICAL
West Himalaya WHM

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 13 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.

  • Caucalis latifolia (L.) L.
  • Caucalis latifolia var. megalocarpa Jahand. & Maire
  • Caucalis latifolia var. multiflora (DC.) Thell.
  • Caucalis latifolia var. tuberculata (Boiss.) Maire
  • Daucus latifolia Baill.
  • Daucus turgenia E.H.L.Krause
  • Tordylium latifolium L.
  • Turgenia brachyacantha Boiss.
  • Turgenia latifolia var. brachyacantha Boiss.
  • Turgenia latifolia var. purpurea Willk.
  • Turgenia latifolia var. tuberculata (Boiss.) Gren. & Godr.
  • Turgenia multiflora DC.
  • Turgenia tuberculata Boiss.

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.

We publish what we can source and we say so when we cannot. This page has no care advice and no toxicity claim, because we do not yet have those from a source we can cite.