Native to 67 botanical countries across Europe, Africa, Temperate Asia, and Tropical Asia; introduced into 114 botanical countries across Africa, Temperate Asia, Tropical Asia, Australasia, Pacific, Northern America, Southern America, and Other regions (source: POWO). Flora of the World documents 1 occurrence across 1 country.
Location
United States, California, Mendocino
39.273056, -123.743333
Location Remarks
Van Damme State Park. Pygmy Forest. Off Highway 1, east of Little River.
Collectors
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Class
Magnoliopsida
Order
Caryophyllales
Family
Caryophyllaceae
Genus
Spergula
Specific Epithet
arvensis
Authorship
L.
What is EDGE?
Evolutionary distinctiveness
Moderate
ED 11.6
Moderately distinct — it has closer living relatives than the most isolated species.
Threat status
Modelled estimate
EDGE score
0.9
Global rank
#49,654 of 335,497
Top 15%
Extinction probability
9%