Native to Albania, Algeria, Baleares, Bulgaria, Canary Is., Corse, Cyprus, East Aegean Is., France, Greece, Iran, Italy, Kriti, Krym, Lebanon-Syria, Libya, Madeira, Morocco, North Caucasus, NW. Balkan Pen., Portugal, Sardegna, Selvagens, Sicilia, Spain, Transcaucasus, Tunisia, Türkiye, Türkiye-in-Europe; introduced into 34 botanical countries across Europe, Africa, Temperate Asia, Northern America, and Southern America (source: POWO). Flora of the World documents 1 occurrence across 1 country.

Distribution

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

Occurrences

No collection number

May 22, 2003

Location

Italy, Tuscany (Giardino dei Semplici)

Location Remarks

Via Pier Antonio Micheli, 3, Firenze (Florence). On the campus of the University of Florence.

Collectors

No collectors specified

Classification

Kingdom

Plantae

Phylum

Tracheophyta

Class

Magnoliopsida

Order

Ranunculales

Family

Ranunculaceae

Genus

Nigella

Specific Epithet

damascena

Authorship

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

#188,188 of 335,497

Top 57%

Extinction probability

10%

Source: Flowering plants EDGE assessment →