Vincetoxicum hirundinariaMedik.

common vincetoxicumwhite swallow-wort

WFO wfo-0000421723 Accepted WFO 2026-06 8 photographs CC BY

Plate 1 figs. a–h · 8 separate observations

Vincetoxicum hirundinaria, photographed by David Sandler
fig. a David Sandler, CC BY 4.0 / 2022-06-12 / obs. 205714351
Vincetoxicum hirundinaria, photographed by Dmitrii Mostovoi
fig. b Dmitrii Mostovoi, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 205978192
Vincetoxicum hirundinaria, photographed by Aleksei Baushev
fig. c Aleksei Baushev, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 205245014
Vincetoxicum hirundinaria, photographed by Jason Grant
fig. d Jason Grant, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 205218120
Vincetoxicum hirundinaria, photographed by Marco Mussita
fig. e Marco Mussita, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 205787278
Vincetoxicum hirundinaria, photographed by Marc Riera
fig. f Marc Riera, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 203796801
Vincetoxicum hirundinaria, photographed by Aleksei Baushev
fig. g Aleksei Baushev, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 203311903
Vincetoxicum hirundinaria, photographed by Elias
fig. h Elias, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 202476918

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Native range 38 botanical countries

Regions where Vincetoxicum hirundinaria is native: Algeria, Morocco, Kazakhstan, North Caucasus, Türkiye, West Siberia, Albania, Austria, Baleares, Baltic States, Belarus, Belgium, Bulgaria, Central European Russia, Corse, Czechia-Slovakia, Denmark, East European Russia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Italy, Krym, Netherlands, Norway, NW. Balkan Pen., Poland, Portugal, Romania, Sardegna, South European Russia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Türkiye-in-Europe, Ukraine AlgeriaMoroccoKazakhstanNorth CaucasusTürkiyeWest SiberiaAlbaniaAustriaBaltic StatesBelarusBelgiumBulgariaCentral European RussiaCorseCzechia-SlovakiaDenmarkEast European RussiaFinlandFranceGermanyGreeceHungaryItalyKrymNetherlandsNorwayNW. Balkan Pen.PolandPortugalRomaniaSouth European RussiaSpainSwedenSwitzerlandTürkiye-in-EuropeUkraine BalearesSardegna
Native distribution of Vincetoxicum hirundinaria, 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
Finland FIN
France FRA
Germany GER
Greece GRC
Hungary HUN
Italy ITA
Krym KRY
Netherlands NET
Norway NOR
NW. Balkan Pen. YUG
Poland POL
Portugal POR
Romania ROM
Sardegna SAR
South European Russia RUS
Spain SPA
Sweden SWE
Switzerland SWI
Türkiye-in-Europe TUE
Ukraine UKR
Kazakhstan KAZ ASIA-TEMPERATE
North Caucasus NCS
Türkiye TUR
West Siberia WSB
Algeria ALG AFRICA
Morocco MOR

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 87 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.

  • Alexitoxicon albidum (Jord. & Fourr.) St.-Lag.
  • Alexitoxicon albovianum (Kusn.) Pobed.
  • Alexitoxicon alpicola (Jord. & Fourr.) St.-Lag.
  • Alexitoxicon beugesiacum (Jord. & Fourr.) St.-Lag.
  • Alexitoxicon contiguum (W.D.J.Koch) St.-Lag.
  • Alexitoxicon cretaceum (Pobed.) Pobed.
  • Alexitoxicon dumeticola (Jord. & Fourr.) St.-Lag.
  • Alexitoxicon jailicola (Juz.) Pobed.
  • Alexitoxicon laxum (Bartl.) St.-Lag.
  • Alexitoxicon luteolum (Jord. & Fourr.) St.-Lag.
  • Alexitoxicon ochroleucum (Jord. & Fourr.) St.-Lag.
  • Alexitoxicon officinale St.-Lag.
  • Alexitoxicon officinale var. stepposum Serg.
  • Alexitoxicon petrophilum (Jord. & Fourr.) St.-Lag.
  • Alexitoxicon puberulum (Timb.-Lagr.) St.-Lag.
  • Alexitoxicon shuttleworthianum St.-Lag.
  • Alexitoxicon stepposum (Pobed.) Pobed.
  • Alexitoxicon tauricum (Pobed.) Pobed.
  • Alexitoxicon vincetoxicum (L.) H.P.Fuchs
  • Antitoxicum albovianum (Kusn.) Pobed.
  • Antitoxicum cretaceum Pobed.
  • Antitoxicum jailicola (Juz.) Pobed.
  • Antitoxicum laxum (Bartl.) Pobed.
  • Antitoxicum officinale Pobed.

and 63 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.

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.