Pollinator plant

Purple bergenia

Bergenia purpurascens

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Common names

7 names · 7 languages
EnglishYour language
  • Purple bergenia[1]
Other languages (6)
Dutch
  • Schoenlappersplant
Chinese (Simplified)
Chinese (Traditional)
Finnish
  • purppuravuorenkilpi[2]
Russian
  • Бадан пурпурный[2]
Slovak
  • bergénia purpurastá[2]
Sources & name notes (2)

Names recorded in our plant catalogue and botanical sources, grouped by language. Usage can vary by region.

Catalogue language labels are reviewed separately from botanical source records.

Numbered references identify names recorded by an external source. Other names are from our plant catalogue.

[1] Royal Horticultural Society — common names ↗

Names retained from the referenced botanical profile or table.

Source records
  • purple bergenia — Common-name subtitle below main botanical heading (h1).; Bergenia purpurascens.
[2] Bergenia purpurascens — iNaturalist taxon names ↗

Community-curated iNaturalist taxonomy; common-name attestation, not an independent botanical determination.

Source records
  • Бадан пурпурный — results[0].names[1]; taxon id 465492; Bergenia purpurascens.
  • 岩白菜 — results[0].names[2]; taxon id 465492; Bergenia purpurascens.
  • 岩白菜 — results[0].names[3]; taxon id 465492; Bergenia purpurascens.
  • purppuravuorenkilpi — results[0].names[4]; taxon id 465492; Bergenia purpurascens.
  • bergénia purpurastá — results[0].names[5]; taxon id 465492; Bergenia purpurascens.
Plant references

Source-backed information

Published observations for this plant. Each reference supports the information beside it.

Taxonomy
Bergenia purpurascens is an accepted species in Catalogue of Life.

Taxonomic treatment in the August 2026 release; the catalogue record name is preserved.

Sources [1]
Botanical family
Saxifragaceae

Family in the cited taxonomic treatment.

Sources [1]
Pollinator guidance
RHS includes Bergenia species in its Plants for Pollinators guidance.

Genus-level guidance, not a rating for this individual species or a particular cultivar. RHS planting guidance. Choose accessible flowers with pollen and nectar; reduced-resource and double-flowered forms may be unsuitable.

Sources [2] [3]
Native range
C. Himalaya to China (SW. Sichuan, N. Yunnan) and N. Myanmar.

Explicit native locality records in Kew WCVP v16; introduced and doubtful distributions excluded. Continent conversion follows the documented geographic mapping.

Sources [4]
Catalogue ratings

Who this plant supports

Honey bees

Medium suitability
Nectar value Medium
Pollen value Medium
Plant profile

About this plant

Purple bergenia (Bergenia purpurascens) is a herbaceous plant. It flowers from April to May.

Sources and references

References for the information marked with source numbers on this page.

Sources checked
  1. Catalogue of Life Bergenia purpurascens — Catalogue of Life COL26.8

    COL26.8 (2026-08-20). Contributing checklist: Synonymic Checklists of the Vascular Plants of the World. This is taxonomic evidence, not an independent ecological study.

    Supports: TaxonomyBotanical family
    Relevant sections
    • Taxonomy: NameUsage.tsv line 4996084; ID LKQY; rank species; status accepted
    • Botanical family: NameUsage.tsv line 4996084; ID LKQY; rank species; status accepted

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    Source data licence: CC BY 4.0.

  2. Royal Horticultural Society RHS Plants for Pollinators — Plants Of The World

    RHS planting guidance; applicable flower-form restrictions are retained. General recommendations do not measure local nectar or pollen production.

    Supports: Pollinator guidance
    Relevant sections
    • Pollinator guidance: Page 2, column 1, entry Bergenia species (top 502 pt)

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  3. Royal Horticultural Society RHS Plants for Pollinators — Garden Plants

    RHS planting guidance; applicable flower-form restrictions are retained. General recommendations do not measure local nectar or pollen production.

    Supports: Pollinator guidance
    Relevant sections
    • Pollinator guidance: Page 2, column 1, entry Bergenia species (top 397 pt)

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  4. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew Bergenia purpurascens — Kew WCVP native distribution

    Native distribution and taxonomic treatment from the official WCVP v16 export (4 June 2026). The link opens the corresponding POWO taxon. Source rows are retained in the native-range audit archive.

    Supports: Native range
    Relevant sections
    • Native range: WCVP v16; wcvp_names.csv lines 1329699; wcvp_distribution.csv native locality lines 1208379, 1208380, 1208381, 1208382, 1208383, 1208384

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    Source data licence: CC BY 3.0.