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Taxon

Herniaria hirsuta L.

Protologue Sp. Pl. 1: 218. 1753 [1 May 1753]BHL pageIPNI
AcceptedGBIF
Predicted not threatened
Herniaria hirsuta--Spain. Prov. Almeria. Cabo de Gata.  Wildfl. Center. 23 Apr 05. 045.jpg

Herniaria hirsuta--Spain. Prov. Almeria. Cabo de Gata. Wildfl. Center. 23 Apr 05. 045.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

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Herniaria hirsuta--Spain. Prov. Almeria. Cabo de Gata.  Wildfl. Center. 23 Apr 05. 049.jpg

Herniaria hirsuta--Spain. Prov. Almeria. Cabo de Gata. Wildfl. Center. 23 Apr 05. 049.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

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Herniaria hirsuta--Spain. Prov. Almeria. Cabo de Gata.  Wildfl. Center. 23 Apr 05. 047.jpg

Herniaria hirsuta--Spain. Prov. Almeria. Cabo de Gata. Wildfl. Center. 23 Apr 05. 047.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

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Herniaria hirsuta--Spain. Prov. Almeria. Cabo de Gata.  Wildfl. Center. 23 Apr 05. 048.jpg

Herniaria hirsuta--Spain. Prov. Almeria. Cabo de Gata. Wildfl. Center. 23 Apr 05. 048.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

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Herniaria hirsuta--Spain. Prov. Almeria. Cabo de Gata.  Wildfl. Center. 23 Apr 05. 046.jpg

Herniaria hirsuta--Spain. Prov. Almeria. Cabo de Gata. Wildfl. Center. 23 Apr 05. 046.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Herniaria hirsuta--Spain. Prov. Almeria. Cabo de Gata.  Wildfl. Center. 23 Apr 05. 044.jpg

Herniaria hirsuta--Spain. Prov. Almeria. Cabo de Gata. Wildfl. Center. 23 Apr 05. 044.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Herniaria hirsuta--Spain. Prov. Almeria. Cabo de Gata.  Wildfl. Center. 23 Apr 05. 043.jpg

Herniaria hirsuta--Spain. Prov. Almeria. Cabo de Gata. Wildfl. Center. 23 Apr 05. 043.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Native to 49 botanical countries across Europe, Africa, Temperate Asia, and Tropical Asia; introduced into Argentina Northeast, Argentina Northwest, California, Great Britain, Massachusetts, Mexico Northwest, Poland (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

No collection number

April 23, 2005

Location

Spain, Andalusia, Almeria (Almería)

36.868611, -2.387222

Location Remarks

Valle de Rodalquilar, Cabo de Gata Parque. Near Playa de Playazo. Sendero a Las Negras.

Collectors

No collectors specified

Classification

Kingdom

Plantae

Phylum

Tracheophyta

Class

Magnoliopsida

Order

Caryophyllales

Family

Caryophyllaceae

Genus

Herniaria

Specific Epithet

hirsuta

Authorship

L.

Taxonomic Opinions

GBIFWFOPOWO

Conservation (EDGE)

What is EDGE?

Evolutionary distinctiveness

Lower

ED 0.8

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

0.1

Global rank

#265,061 of 335,497

Top 80%

Extinction probability

10%

Source: Flowering plants EDGE assessment →