Native to Albania, Austria, Baltic States, Belarus, Bulgaria, Corse, Czechia-Slovakia, France, Germany, Great Britain, Greece, Hungary, Italy, NW. Balkan Pen., Poland, Portugal, Romania, Sardegna, Sicilia, Spain, Switzerland, Türkiye, Ukraine; extinct in Belgium (source: POWO). Flora of the World documents 2 occurrences across 2 countries.
Location
Italy, Lazio, Rome (Subiaco)
41.916944, 13.118056
Location Remarks
St. Scolastica Monastery at Subiaco.
Collectors
No collectors specified
Location
Slovenia, Inner Carniola (Hrpelje-Kozina, Rodik)
45.630361, 13.957944
Location Remarks
3 km S of Kozina
Collectors
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Class
Magnoliopsida
Order
Lamiales
Family
Lamiaceae
Genus
Melittis
Specific Epithet
melissophyllum
Authorship
L.
What is EDGE?
Evolutionary distinctiveness
Moderate
ED 12.9
Moderately distinct — it has closer living relatives than the most isolated species.
Threat status
Modelled estimate
EDGE score
1.2
Global rank
#33,828 of 335,497
Top 11%
Extinction probability
10%