Native to 34 botanical countries across Europe, Africa, Temperate Asia, and Tropical Asia; introduced into Belgium, Germany, Great Britain, West Himalaya (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

May 23, 2005

Location

Greece, Crete, Chania (Chania)

35.589972, 24.146722

Location Remarks

Akrotiri Peninsula. Trail to Gouvernetos Monastery.

Collectors

No collectors specified

Classification

Kingdom

Plantae

Phylum

Tracheophyta

Class

Magnoliopsida

Order

Rosales

Family

Urticaceae

Genus

Urtica

Specific Epithet

pilulifera

Authorship

Taxonomic Opinions

GBIF WFO POWO

Conservation (EDGE)

What is EDGE?

Evolutionary distinctiveness

Lower

ED 2.9

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

0.3

Global rank

#167,427 of 335,497

Top 50%

Extinction probability

10%

Source: Flowering plants EDGE assessment →