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Cerastium purpurascens Adams

Protologue Beitr. Naturk. i. 60.BHLIPNI
AcceptedGBIF
Predicted not threatened
Cerastium purpurascens--Georgia. Kazbeki . Trail-road to Sameba Church. 2 Jun 05. 475.jpg

Cerastium purpurascens--Georgia. Kazbeki . Trail-road to Sameba Church. 2 Jun 05. 475.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

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Cerastium purpurascens--Georgia. Kazbeki . Trail-road to Sameba Church. 2 Jun 05. 477.jpg

Cerastium purpurascens--Georgia. Kazbeki . Trail-road to Sameba Church. 2 Jun 05. 477.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Cerastium purpurascens--Georgia. Kazbeki . Trail-road to Sameba Church. 2 Jun 05. 476.jpg

Cerastium purpurascens--Georgia. Kazbeki . Trail-road to Sameba Church. 2 Jun 05. 476.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Cerastium purpurascens--Georgia. Kazbeki . Trail-road to Sameba Church. 2 Jun 05. 478.jpg

Cerastium purpurascens--Georgia. Kazbeki . Trail-road to Sameba Church. 2 Jun 05. 478.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Cerastium purpurascens--Georgia. Kazbeki . Trail-road to Sameba Church. 2 Jun 05. 471.jpg

Cerastium purpurascens--Georgia. Kazbeki . Trail-road to Sameba Church. 2 Jun 05. 471.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Cerastium purpurascens--Georgia. Kazbeki . Trail-road to Sameba Church. 2 Jun 05. 469.jpg

Cerastium purpurascens--Georgia. Kazbeki . Trail-road to Sameba Church. 2 Jun 05. 469.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Cerastium purpurascens--Georgia. Kazbeki . Trail-road to Sameba Church. 2 Jun 05. 474.jpg

Cerastium purpurascens--Georgia. Kazbeki . Trail-road to Sameba Church. 2 Jun 05. 474.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Cerastium purpurascens--Georgia. Kazbeki . Trail-road to Sameba Church. 2 Jun 05. 473.jpg

Cerastium purpurascens--Georgia. Kazbeki . Trail-road to Sameba Church. 2 Jun 05. 473.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Cerastium purpurascens--Georgia. Kazbeki . Trail-road to Sameba Church. 2 Jun 05. 472.jpg

Cerastium purpurascens--Georgia. Kazbeki . Trail-road to Sameba Church. 2 Jun 05. 472.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Cerastium purpurascens--Georgia. Kazbeki . Trail-road to Sameba Church. 2 Jun 05. 468.jpg

Cerastium purpurascens--Georgia. Kazbeki . Trail-road to Sameba Church. 2 Jun 05. 468.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Kingdom

Plantae

Phylum

Tracheophyta

Class

Magnoliopsida

Order

Caryophyllales

Family

Caryophyllaceae

Genus

Cerastium

Species

purpurascens

Taxonomic opinions

GBIFWFOPOWO

Distribution

Native to Iran, North Caucasus, Transcaucasus, Türkiye (source: POWO). Flora of the World documents 1 occurrence across 1 country.

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

Occurrences

No collection number

June 2, 2005

Location

Georgia, Mtskheta-Mtianeti (Stepantsminda)

42.6625, 44.619722

Location Remarks

Various points along the road-trail to Gergeti Trinity Church (also called Sameba Church), west of the village of Kazbegi.

Collectors

No collectors specified

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

#263,371 of 335,497

Top 79%

Extinction probability

13%

Source: Flowering plants EDGE assessment →