Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations:

(≡ homotypic synonym, = heterotypic synonym, - autonym, I invalid designation)

• (-) Rhodiola rosea subsp. rosea L.
• (≡) Sedum rhodiola DC.
• (≡) Sedum rosea (L.) Scop.
• (≡) Sedum rosea var. rosea (L.) Scop.

Common names:

• king's-crown  (Source: Intermt F) - English
• roseroot  (Source: Dict Gard) - English
• rosewort  (Source: F NAmer) - English
• iwa-benkei  (Source: F Japan) - Japanese Rōmaji
• rosenrot  (Source: Kulturvaxtdatabas) - Swedish
• hong jing tian  (Source: Herbs Commerce ed2) - Transcribed Chinese

Economic Importance:

• Environmental: ornamental; ornamental
• Medicines: folklore

Distributional Range:

Native

Asia-Temperate

• SIBERIA: Russian Federation [Buryatia, Gorno-Altay, Tuva, Yakutia-Sakha, Altay, Krasnoyarsk, Chita, Irkutsk, Kemerovo, Sverdlovsk, Tyumen]
• MIDDLE ASIA: Kazakhstan (s.e.)
• MONGOLIA: Mongolia
• RUSSIAN FAR EAST: Russian Federation [Khabarovsk, Kamchatka, Magadan]
• CHINA: China [Hebei Sheng, Gansu Sheng (c.), Jilin Sheng, Shanxi Sheng, Xinjiang Uygur Zizhiqu]
• EASTERN ASIA: Japan, [Hokkaidô, Honshu] Korea

Europe

• NORTHERN EUROPE: Finland (n.), Iceland, Ireland, Norway, Sweden, United Kingdom
• MIDDLE EUROPE: Austria, Czech Republic (e.), Germany (s.), Poland (s.w.), Slovakia, Switzerland
• EASTERN EUROPE: Russian Federation, [Karelia, Komi, Arkhangelsk, Nenets, Murmansk, Perm] Ukraine (w.)
• SOUTHEASTERN EUROPE: Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Italy (n.), Macedonia, Romania, Slovenia
• SOUTHWESTERN EUROPE: France (s. & e.), Spain (n.e.)

Northern America

• SUBARCTIC AMERICA: Greenland, United States [Alaska]
• EASTERN CANADA: Canada [Québec, Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, Newfoundland and Labrador]
• NORTHEASTERN U.S.A.: United States [Maine, New York, Pennsylvania, Vermont]
• SOUTHEASTERN U.S.A.: United States [North Carolina]


Cultivated (also cult.)

References:

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2. Chinese Academy of Sciences. 1959-. Flora reipublicae popularis sinicae.
3. Cronquist, A. et al. 1972-. Intermountain flora. Note: = Sedum rosea
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11. Iwatsuki, K. et al. 1993-. Flora of Japan.
12. Jalas, J. & J. Suominen. 1972-. Atlas florae europaeae.
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14. Krasnoborov, I. M., ed. 2000-. Flora of Siberia (English translation)
15. McGuffin, M., J. T. Kartesz, A. Y. Leung, & A. O. Tucker. 2000. Herbs of commerce, ed. 2 American Herbal Products Association, Silver Spring, Maryland.
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Cite as: USDA, Agricultural Research Service, National Plant Germplasm System. 2020. Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN-Taxonomy).
National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland. URL: https://npgsweb.ars-grin.gov/gringlobal/taxonomydetail.aspx?31156. Accessed 6 May 2020.