Lepidium perfoliatum--Kurdistan. Tawilla. 22 May 2013. DSC04613 (82).JPG
Lepidium perfoliatum--Kurdistan. Tawilla. 22 May 2013. DSC04613 (88).JPG
Lepidium perfoliatum--Kurdistan. Tawilla. 22 May 2013. DSC04613 (87).JPG
Lepidium perfoliatum--Kurdistan. Tawilla. 22 May 2013. DSC04613 (98).JPG
Lepidium perfoliatum--Kurdistan. Tawilla. 22 May 2013. DSC04613 (89).JPG
Lepidium perfoliatum--Kurdistan. Tawilla. 22 May 2013. DSC04613 (86).JPG
Lepidium perfoliatum--Kurdistan. Tawilla. 22 May 2013. DSC04613 (84).JPG
Lepidium perfoliatum--Kurdistan. Tawilla. 22 May 2013. DSC04613 (90).JPG
Lepidium perfoliatum--Kurdistan. Tawilla. 22 May 2013. DSC04613 (83).JPG
Lepidium perfoliatum--Kurdistan. Tawilla. 22 May 2013. DSC04613 (81).JPG
Native to 36 botanical countries across Europe, Temperate Asia, and Tropical Asia; introduced into 65 botanical countries across Europe, Africa, Temperate Asia, Australasia, Northern America, and Southern America (source: POWO). Flora of the World documents 1 occurrence across 1 country.
Location
Iraq, Kurdistan, Halabja Governorate (Dagashekhan)
35.222361, 46.1205
Location Remarks
Hawraman Mtns. Road between Byara and Tawella, c. 1.2 km south of Byara village center, near Byara Mosque, just south of a tight curve in the road toward east-northeast. 1182 m elev.
Collectors
Saman Abdulraman, Christopher Davidson, Sharon R. Christoph
Notes
By a small stream and a rock wall in the walnut grove. Weedy stream bank.
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Class
Magnoliopsida
Order
Brassicales
Family
Brassicaceae
Genus
Lepidium
Specific Epithet
perfoliatum
Authorship
L.
What is EDGE?
Evolutionary distinctiveness
Lower
ED 6.7
Part of a well-represented branch of the plant tree of life, with many close relatives.
Threat status
Modelled estimate
EDGE score
0.6
Global rank
#86,499 of 335,497
Top 26%
Extinction probability
10%
