Native to Afghanistan, China North-Central, China Southeast, East Aegean Is., Egypt, Gulf States, India, Iran, Iraq, Kazakhstan, Kirgizstan, Lebanon-Syria, Pakistan, Palestine, Saudi Arabia, Sinai, South European Russia, Tadzhikistan, Transcaucasus, Türkiye, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, West Himalaya, Xinjiang (source: POWO). Flora of the World documents 1 occurrence across 1 country.

Distribution

Distribution from Plants of the World Online (POWO). View the accepted name on POWO

Occurrences

I. Al-Shebaz 1.3

June 16, 2010

Location

Iraq, Kurdistan, Sulaimani Prov.

35.761028, 45.47

Location Remarks

North of Sulaimani on highway to Zaynal and Mawat, c. 2 km south of Suraqalat. Banks of Aw-e Shiler River near a bridge (and remnants of a pervious bridge blown up by Hussein troops). 830 m elev.

Collectors

Ihsan Al-Shebaz, Christopher Davidson, Barbara Ertter, Sharon R. Christoph

Notes

Sparse steppe vegetation, some oaks in protected ravines.

Classification

Kingdom

Plantae

Phylum

Tracheophyta

Class

Magnoliopsida

Order

Boraginales

Family

Heliotropiaceae

Genus

Heliotropium

Specific Epithet

lasiocarpum

Authorship

Fisch. & C.A.Mey.

Taxonomic Opinions

GBIF WFO POWO

Conservation (EDGE)

What is EDGE?

Evolutionary distinctiveness

Lower

ED 2.3

Part of a well-represented branch of the plant tree of life, with many close relatives.

Threat status

Predicted not threatened

Modelled estimate

EDGE score

0.2

Global rank

#208,879 of 335,497

Top 63%

Extinction probability

Source: Flowering plants EDGE assessment →