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.
Location
Greece, Crete, Chania (Chania)
35.589972, 24.146722
Location Remarks
Akrotiri Peninsula. Trail to Gouvernetos Monastery.
Collectors
No collectors specified
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Class
Magnoliopsida
Order
Rosales
Family
Urticaceae
Genus
Urtica
Specific Epithet
pilulifera
Authorship
L.
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
Modelled estimate
EDGE score
0.3
Global rank
#167,427 of 335,497
Top 50%
Extinction probability
10%