''Sibbaldia parviflora'' is a species of flowering plant in the genus ''
Sibbaldia
''Sibbaldia'' is a genus of flowering plants of the family Rosaceae, with a circumpolar distribution, including the high Arctic. Most of the species are found in the Himalaya. The type species is ''Sibbaldia procumbens''. It is also in the Rosoi ...
'' of the family
Rosaceae
Rosaceae (), the rose family, is a medium-sized family of flowering plants that includes 4,828 known species in 91 genera.
The name is derived from the type genus ''Rosa''. Among the most species-rich genera are ''Alchemilla'' (270), ''Sorbus ...
, native to Southeast Europe and West Asia. It is a herbaceous perennial plant growing in damp rocky places on alpine meadows.
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
''Sibbaldia procumbens'' (or creeping sibbaldia) is a species of flowering plant of the genus ''Sibbaldia'' in the rose family. It has an Arctic–alpine distribution; it can be found throughout the Arctic, as well as the at higher elevations in ...
'' (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''.
It is distinguished from the similar ''Sibbaldia procumbens'' by the veins on the petals, which take on an
anastomosing character towards the apex.
The plant is found in scattered areas in the mountains of northern Iran, northern Iraq, Turkey, the
Caucasus
The Caucasus () or Caucasia (), is a region between the Black Sea and the Caspian Sea, mainly comprising Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia, and parts of Southern Russia. The Caucasus Mountains, including the Greater Caucasus range, have historically ...
, and also on the Balkan peninsula: in northern Greece (at elevations of 2300–2400m at mount
Kajmakčalan
Kajmakčalan (Kaimakchalan), or Kaimaki or Kaimaktsalan or Voras ( el, Καϊμακτσαλάν or or , mk, Каjмакчалан, translit=Kajmakčalan), is a mountain on the border between Greece and North Macedonia. It is the southernmost ...
in
Voras/Nidže, and
Kiafa in northern
Pindus
The Pindus (also Pindos or Pindhos; el, Πίνδος, Píndos; sq, Pindet; rup, Pindu) is a mountain range located in Northern Greece and Southern Albania. It is roughly 160 km (100 miles) long, with a maximum elevation of 2,637 metres ...
), North Macedonia (the mountain of
Galičica),
Albania (
Gramos and
Ostrovicë mountains) and Bulgaria (
Osogovo).
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Potentilleae
Taxa named by Carl Ludwig Willdenow
Plants described in 1799