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Snowbells
Soldanella
The genus Soldanella, commonly known in English as snowbell, includes about 15 species of flowering plants native to European mountains, from the Pyrenees, the Apennines, the Alps, the Carpathians and the Balkans. They grow in woods, damp pastures and rocky landscapes from 500-3,000 m above sea level, often in hollows which hold snow into late spring and early summer. The name Soldanella means "little coins" in Italian.
20 branches of this genus, most-observed first
Alpine Snowbell
speciesSoldanella alpina
Dwarf Snowbell
speciesSoldanella pusilla
Mountain Tassel-Flower
speciesSoldanella montana
Soldanella carpatica
speciesSoldanella carpatica
Least Snowbell
speciesSoldanella minima
Hungarian Snowbell
speciesSoldanella hungarica
Soldanella austriaca
speciesSoldanella austriaca
Soldanella haretii
speciesSoldanella haretii
Soldanella major
speciesSoldanella major
Soldanella chrysosticta
speciesSoldanella chrysosticta
Pyrenean Snowbell
speciesSoldanella villosa
Soldanella oreodoxa
speciesSoldanella oreodoxa
Soldanella pindicola
speciesSoldanella pindicola
Soldanella calabrella
speciesSoldanella calabrella
Soldanella rhodopaea
speciesSoldanella rhodopaea
Soldanella × ganderi
hybridSoldanella × ganderi
Soldanella angusta
speciesSoldanella angusta
Soldanella × hybrida
hybridSoldanella × hybrida
Soldanella rugosa
speciesSoldanella rugosa
Soldanella sacra
speciesSoldanella sacra
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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In the old herbals & bestiaries
History of Rare Plants Observed in Pannonia
Carolus Clusius · 1583 · p.359
Hortus Eystettensis
Basilius Besler · 1640 · p.321
Ortus sanitatis
1491 · p.438
History of Rare Plants of Pannonia
Carolus Clusius · 1576 · p.406
Six Groups of the History of Plants
Rembert Dodoens · 1583 · p.412
History of Rare Plants
Carolus Clusius · 1601 · p.320
History of Rare Plants
Carolus Clusius · 1601 · p.321
Rariorum Plantarum Historia (with Fungorum Historia)
Carolus Clusius · 1601 · p.326
Rariorum Plantarum Historia (with Fungorum Historia)
Carolus Clusius · 1601 · p.327
Stirpium adversaria nova
Matthias de Lobel · 1571 · p.286
In the stacks
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 132619.