Sibbaldia parviflora

Sibbaldia parviflora
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Rosids
Order:	Rosales
Family:	Rosaceae
Genus:	Sibbaldia
Species:	S. parviflora
Binomial name
	Sibbaldia parviflora; Willd.
Synonyms
	Potentilla cuneata Wall. ex Lehm. ; Potentilla sibbaldii Hook.f. ; Sibbaldia parviflora var. minor Boiss. ; Sibbaldia parviflora var. semiglabra (Willd.) Trautv. ; Sibbaldia parvifolia Willd. ; Sibbaldia procumbens M.Bieb. (non L.) ; Sibbaldia procumbens subsp. parviflora (Willd.) Kamelin ; Sibbaldia procumbens var. orientalis Sommier & Levier ; Sibbaldia procumbens var. pilosior Trautv. ; Sibbaldia semiglabra C.A.Mey. ;

Sibbaldia parviflora is a species of flowering plant in the genus Sibbaldia of the family Rosaceae, native to Southeast Europe and West Asia. It is a herbaceous perennial plant growing in damp rocky places on alpine meadows.^[2]

There have been different views on its taxonomic status. Though commonly accepted as a species, it has been placed by some as a subspecies or a variety of Sibbaldia procumbens (a species found in arctic and alpine regions throughout the Northern Hemisphere). The related Sibbaldia cuneata of the Himalayas and China has been variously treated as either a distinct species, or subsumed under Sibbaldia parviflora.^[3]

It is distinguished from the similar Sibbaldia procumbens by the veins on the petals, which take on an anastomosing character towards the apex.^[2]

The plant is found in scattered areas in the mountains of northern Iran, northern Iraq, Turkey, the Caucasus, and also on the Balkan peninsula: in northern Greece (at elevations of 2300–2400 m at mount Kajmakčalan in Voras/Nidže, and Kiafa in northern Pindus), North Macedonia (the mountain of Galičica),^[2] Albania (Gramos and Ostrovicë mountains) and Bulgaria (Osogovo).^[4]

References[edit]

^ "Sibbaldia parviflora Willd." World Flora Online. Retrieved 17 December 2021.
^ ^a ^b ^c Persson, J. (1986). "Sibbaldia L.". In Strid, Arne (ed.). Mountain flora of Greece. Cambridge University Press. p. 415. ISBN 978-0-521-25737-4.
^ Kurtto, Arto; Lampinen, Raino; Junikka, Leo (2004). Atlas florae Europaeae, distribution of vascular plants in Europe. 13: Rosaceae (Spiraea to Fragaria, excl. Rubus). Helsinki: Committee for mapping the flora of Europe and Societas Biologica Fennica. p. 272. ISBN 978-951-9108-14-8.
^ Barina, Zoltán; Pifkó, Dániel; Mesterházy, Attila (2009). "Contributions to the flora of Albania". Willdenowia. 39 (2): 293–99. doi:10.3372/wi.39.39208.

External links[edit]

Media related to Sibbaldia parviflora at Wikimedia Commons

[1] "Sibbaldia parviflora Willd." World Flora Online. Retrieved 17 December 2021.

[MFG-2] Persson, J. (1986). "Sibbaldia L.". In Strid, Arne (ed.). Mountain flora of Greece. Cambridge University Press. p. 415. ISBN 978-0-521-25737-4.

[AFE-3] Kurtto, Arto; Lampinen, Raino; Junikka, Leo (2004). Atlas florae Europaeae, distribution of vascular plants in Europe. 13: Rosaceae (Spiraea to Fragaria, excl. Rubus). Helsinki: Committee for mapping the flora of Europe and Societas Biologica Fennica. p. 272. ISBN 978-951-9108-14-8.

[CFA-4] Barina, Zoltán; Pifkó, Dániel; Mesterházy, Attila (2009). "Contributions to the flora of Albania". Willdenowia. 39 (2): 293–99. doi:10.3372/wi.39.39208.

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