Waldsteinia ternata(Stephan) Fritsch

WFO wfo-0000985989 Accepted WFO 2026-06 8 photographs CC0 / CC BY

Plate 1 figs. a–h · 8 separate observations

Waldsteinia ternata, photographed by Andrew Bazdyrev
fig. a Andrew Bazdyrev, CC BY 4.0 / 2015-07-17 / obs. 112551944
Waldsteinia ternata, photographed by Andrew Bazdyrev
fig. b Andrew Bazdyrev, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 112551962
Waldsteinia ternata, photographed by Tobias Schönberg
fig. c Tobias Schönberg, CC0 1.0 / obs. 194994290
Waldsteinia ternata, photographed by Tom Pollard
fig. d Tom Pollard, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 191422355
Waldsteinia ternata, photographed by Haley Gladitsch
fig. e Haley Gladitsch, CC0 1.0 / obs. 189880801
Waldsteinia ternata, photographed by Владимир Преловский
fig. f Владимир Преловский, CC0 1.0 / obs. 162379322
Waldsteinia ternata, photographed by Peter Gabler
fig. g Peter Gabler, CC0 1.0 / obs. 132663669
Waldsteinia ternata, photographed by mister_bumble
fig. h mister_bumble, CC0 1.0 / obs. 35455825

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Native range 8 botanical countries

Regions where Waldsteinia ternata is native: Buryatiya, Irkutsk, Krasnoyarsk, Austria, Central European Russia, Czechia-Slovakia, NW. Balkan Pen., Romania BuryatiyaIrkutskKrasnoyarskAustriaCentral European RussiaCzechia-SlovakiaNW. Balkan Pen.Romania
Native distribution of Waldsteinia ternata, 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
Austria AUT EUROPE
Central European Russia RUC
Czechia-Slovakia CZE
NW. Balkan Pen. YUG
Romania ROM
Buryatiya BRY ASIA-TEMPERATE
Irkutsk IRK
Krasnoyarsk KRA

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 12 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.

  • Comaropsis sibirica (Tratt.) Ser.
  • Dalibarda ternata Stephan
  • Geum ternatum (Stephan) Smedmark
  • Waldsteinia maximowicziana (Juz. ex Teppner) Májovský
  • Waldsteinia sibirica Tratt.
  • Waldsteinia teppneri Májovský
  • Waldsteinia ternata subsp. magicii Májovský
  • Waldsteinia ternata subsp. maximowicziana Juz. ex Teppner
  • Waldsteinia ternata var. glabriuscula T.T.Yu & C.L.Li
  • Waldsteinia trifolia Rochel ex W.D.J.Koch
  • Waldsteinia trifoliata Steud.
  • Waldsteinia triloba Hornung

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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