Native to Afghanistan, Egypt, Gulf States, Iran, Iraq, Kazakhstan, Kirgizstan, Lebanon-Syria, Libya, Morocco, Palestine, Saudi Arabia, Sinai, Tadzhikistan, Türkiye, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan; introduced into Czechia-Slovakia (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

Saman Abdulraman no.?

May 22, 2013

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

Diffuse woodland of Quercus and grassland-steppe.

Classification

Kingdom

Plantae

Phylum

Tracheophyta

Class

Magnoliopsida

Order

Lamiales

Family

Lamiaceae

Genus

Salvia

Specific Epithet

spinosa

Authorship

Taxonomic Opinions

GBIF WFO POWO

Conservation (EDGE)

What is EDGE?

Evolutionary distinctiveness

Lower

ED 1.5

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

#234,114 of 335,497

Top 70%

Extinction probability

10%

Source: Flowering plants EDGE assessment →