Viscaria vulgarisBernh.

WFO wfo-1000081196 Accepted WFO 2026-06 8 photographs CC BY / CC BY-SA

Plate 1 figs. a–h · 8 separate observations

Viscaria vulgaris, photographed by snaily_naily
fig. a snaily_naily, CC BY 4.0 / 2022-06-13 / obs. 205757639
Viscaria vulgaris, photographed by Aleksei Baushev
fig. b Aleksei Baushev, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 205249904
Viscaria vulgaris, photographed by Petr Harant
fig. c Petr Harant, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 204692033
Viscaria vulgaris, photographed by Jais Knudsen
fig. d Jais Knudsen, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 203583476
Viscaria vulgaris, photographed by Cilla Moerman
fig. e Cilla Moerman, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 203615278
Viscaria vulgaris, photographed by Aleksei Baushev
fig. f Aleksei Baushev, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 203322593
Viscaria vulgaris, photographed by E. A.
fig. g E. A., CC BY 4.0 / obs. 203145444
Viscaria vulgaris, photographed by xulescu_g
fig. h xulescu_g, CC BY-SA 4.0 / obs. 202423449

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Native range 30 botanical countries

Regions where Viscaria vulgaris is native: Kazakhstan, North Caucasus, West Siberia, Albania, Austria, Baltic States, Belarus, Belgium, Bulgaria, Central European Russia, Czechia-Slovakia, Denmark, East European Russia, Finland, Germany, Great Britain, Greece, Hungary, Italy, North European Russia, Northwest European Russia, Norway, NW. Balkan Pen., Poland, Romania, South European Russia, Sweden, Switzerland, Türkiye-in-Europe, Ukraine KazakhstanNorth CaucasusWest SiberiaAlbaniaAustriaBaltic StatesBelarusBelgiumBulgariaCentral European RussiaCzechia-SlovakiaDenmarkEast European RussiaFinlandGermanyGreeceHungaryItalyNorth European RussiaNorthwest European RussiaNorwayNW. Balkan Pen.PolandRomaniaSouth European RussiaSwedenSwitzerlandTürkiye-in-EuropeUkraine
Native distribution of Viscaria vulgaris, 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
Belgium BGM
Bulgaria BUL
Central European Russia RUC
Czechia-Slovakia CZE
Denmark DEN
East European Russia RUE
Finland FIN
Germany GER
Great Britain GRB
Greece GRC
Hungary HUN
Italy ITA
North European Russia RUN
Northwest European Russia RUW
Norway NOR
NW. Balkan Pen. YUG
Poland POL
Romania ROM
South European Russia RUS
Sweden SWE
Switzerland SWI
Türkiye-in-Europe TUE
Ukraine UKR
Kazakhstan KAZ ASIA-TEMPERATE
North Caucasus NCS
West Siberia WSB

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 8 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.

  • Lychnis viscaria L.
  • Lychnis viscosa Scop.
  • Silene viscaria (L.) Jess.
  • Silene viscaria subsp. viscaria
  • Steris viscaria (L.) Raf.
  • Viscaria viscosa Asch.
  • Viscaria vulgaris Roehl.
  • Viscaria vulgaris subsp. vulgaris

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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