''Corispermum pallasii'', common name Pallas bugseed, is a plant apparently native to

Siberia Siberia ( ; rus, Сибирь, r=Sibir', p=sʲɪˈbʲirʲ, a=Ru-Сибирь.ogg) is an extensive geographical region, constituting all of North Asia, from the Ural Mountains in the west to the Pacific Ocean in the east. It has been a part of ...

but naturalized in

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, and the

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of the

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. It is a branched herb growing on sand dunes and other sandy soils. This plant is named after botanist and zoologist

Peter Simon Pallas Peter Simon Pallas Fellow of the Royal Society, FRS FRSE (22 September 1741 – 8 September 1811) was a Prussian zoologist and botanist who worked in Russia between 1767 and 1810. Life and work Peter Simon Pallas was born in Berlin, the son ...

and was published by Stevens as ''Corispermum pallasii'' in Mém. Soc. Imp. Naturalistes Moscou. 5: 336. 1817.Steven, C. Mémoires de la Société Impériale des Naturalistes de Moscou 5: 336. 1817. Subspecies: * ''Corispermum pallasii'' subsp. ''membranaceum'' (Bisch. ex Shnittspalm) Tzvelev (synonym: ''Corispermum membranaceum'' (Bisch. ex Shnittspalm) Iljin)

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