Zosima absinthiifolia(Vent.) Link

WFO wfo-0001068882 Accepted WFO 2026-06 6 photographs CC BY / CC BY-SA

Plate 1 figs. a–f · 4 observations

This species has been photographed under an open licence only 4 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.

Zosima absinthiifolia, photographed by Konstantin Grebennikov
fig. a Konstantin Grebennikov, CC BY 4.0 / 2021-05-19 / obs. 132544606
Zosima absinthiifolia, photographed by Daniel Cahen
fig. b Daniel Cahen, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 28590940
Zosima absinthiifolia, photographed by Konstantin Grebennikov
fig. c Konstantin Grebennikov, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 132544220
Zosima absinthiifolia, photographed by Konstantin Grebennikov
fig. d Konstantin Grebennikov, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 132544201
Zosima absinthiifolia, photographed by Grzegorz Grzejszczak
fig. e Grzegorz Grzejszczak, CC BY-SA 4.0 / obs. 64103413
Zosima absinthiifolia, photographed by Konstantin Grebennikov
fig. f Konstantin Grebennikov, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 132544214

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Native range 18 botanical countries

Regions where Zosima absinthiifolia is native: Egypt, Afghanistan, Cyprus, Iran, Iraq, Kazakhstan, Lebanon-Syria, North Caucasus, Palestine, Saudi Arabia, Sinai, Transcaucasus, Türkiye, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, India, Pakistan, West Himalaya EgyptAfghanistanCyprusIranIraqKazakhstanLebanon-SyriaNorth CaucasusPalestineSaudi ArabiaSinaiTranscaucasusTürkiyeTurkmenistanUzbekistanIndiaPakistanWest Himalaya
Native distribution of Zosima absinthiifolia, 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
Afghanistan AFG ASIA-TEMPERATE
Cyprus CYP
Iran IRN
Iraq IRQ
Kazakhstan KAZ
Lebanon-Syria LBS
North Caucasus NCS
Palestine PAL
Saudi Arabia SAU
Sinai SIN
Transcaucasus TCS
Türkiye TUR
Turkmenistan TKM
Uzbekistan UZB
India IND ASIA-TROPICAL
Pakistan PAK
West Himalaya WHM
Egypt EGY AFRICA

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.

  • Bubon persicus Pall. ex Ledeb.
  • Heracleum absinthifolium Vent.
  • Heracleum tomentosum Sm.
  • Laserpitium pubescens Willd. ex Ledeb.
  • Pastinaca absinthifolia Calest.
  • Pastinaca incana Willd. ex DC.
  • Pichleria cruciata Stapf & Wettst.
  • Pichleria pallidiflora Stapf & Wettst.
  • Tordylium absinthifolium Pers.
  • Zosima absinthiifolia var. microcarpa Bunge
  • Zosima orientalis Hoffm.
  • Zosima transcaspica Gand.

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.

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.