Scleranthus L.

Native to:

Albania, Algeria, Austria, Baleares, Baltic States, Belarus, Belgium, Bulgaria, Canary Is., Central European Russia, Corse, Cyprus, Czechia-Slovakia, Denmark, East European Russia, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Finland, France, Germany, Great Britain, Greece, Hungary, Iran, Iraq, Ireland, Italy, Krasnoyarsk, Kriti, Krym, Lebanon-Syria, Madeira, Morocco, Netherlands, New Guinea, New South Wales, New Zealand North, New Zealand South, North Caucasus, North European Russia, Northwest European Russia, Norway, NW. Balkan Pen., Poland, Portugal, Romania, Sardegna, Saudi Arabia, Sicilia, South Australia, South European Russia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Tadzhikistan, Tasmania, Transcaucasus, Tunisia, Türkiye, Türkiye-in-Europe, Ukraine, Uzbekistan, Victoria, West Siberia

Introduced into:

Alabama, Alberta, Amur, Argentina Northeast, Argentina South, Arkansas, British Columbia, California, Cape Provinces, Chile Central, Colombia, Connecticut, Costa Rica, Delaware, District of Columbia, Ecuador, Florida, Georgia, Guatemala, Idaho, Illinois, India, Indiana, Japan, Kansas, Kentucky, Kenya, Khabarovsk, Korea, KwaZulu-Natal, Louisiana, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Mexico Central, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Southwest, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, New Brunswick, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Newfoundland, North Carolina, Nova Scotia, Ohio, Oklahoma, Ontario, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Primorye, Prince Edward I., Québec, Rhode I., Sakhalin, Saskatchewan, South Carolina, Tennessee, Uruguay, Vermont, Virginia, Washington, West Virginia, Wisconsin

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

• Stalažs, A. (2024). List of vascular plants of Latvia (with Latvian names): 1-312. Dobele.
• Tutin, T.G. & al. (eds.) (1993). Flora Europaea ed. 2, 1: 1-581. Cambridge University Press.

Flora of Iraq

• L. Gen. Pl. ed. 5: 190 (1754)
• L. Sp. Pl. 406 (1753)