Native to 33 botanical countries across Europe, Africa, and Temperate Asia; introduced into Alabama, California, Germany, Great Britain, New South Wales, New York, Pennsylvania, Victoria (source: POWO). Flora of the World documents 2 occurrences across 2 countries.

Distribution

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

Occurrences

No collection number

May 25, 2005

Location

Greece, Crete, Chania (Kisamos)

35.4215, 23.646333

Location Remarks

Sirikari (Polyrinnia) Gorge, W of Chania

Collectors

No collectors specified

Notes

Coarse, spiny-leaved perennial in beach cobbles.

Kikodze, D 004322

June 9, 2014

Location

Georgia, Guria, Lanchkhuti

42.11, 42.201333

Location Remarks

15 km southeast to Lanchkuti town, 2 km northwest of Japana village. Japana Fishing Farm. 24 m elev.

Collectors

David Kikodze, Christopher Davidson, Shalva Sikharulidze, Sharon R. Christoph

Notes

Coarse, spiny-leaved perennial in beach cobbles.

Classification

Kingdom

Plantae

Phylum

Tracheophyta

Class

Magnoliopsida

Order

Asterales

Family

Asteraceae

Genus

Scolymus

Specific Epithet

hispanicus

Authorship

Taxonomic Opinions

GBIF WFO POWO

Conservation (EDGE)

What is EDGE?

Evolutionary distinctiveness

Lower

ED 1.3

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

#256,374 of 335,497

Top 77%

Extinction probability

Source: Flowering plants EDGE assessment →