Salvia spinosa--Kurdistan. 2nd stop after Tawilla. 22 May 2013. DSC04763 (59).JPG
Salvia spinosa--Kurdistan. 2nd stop after Tawilla. 22 May 2013. DSC04763 (61).JPG
Salvia spinosa--Kurdistan. 2nd stop after Tawilla. 22 May 2013. DSC04763 (60).JPG
Salvia spinosa--Kurdistan. 2nd stop after Tawilla. 22 May 2013. DSC04763 (55).JPG
Salvia spinosa--Kurdistan. 2nd stop after Tawilla. 22 May 2013. DSC04763 (58).JPG
Salvia spinosa--Kurdistan. 2nd stop after Tawilla. 22 May 2013. DSC04763 (52).JPG
Salvia spinosa--Kurdistan. 2nd stop after Tawilla. 22 May 2013. DSC04763 (54).JPG
Salvia spinosa--Kurdistan. 2nd stop after Tawilla. 22 May 2013. DSC04763 (56).JPG
Salvia spinosa--Kurdistan. 2nd stop after Tawilla. 22 May 2013. DSC04763 (63).JPG
Salvia spinosa--Kurdistan. 2nd stop after Tawilla. 22 May 2013. DSC04763 (65).JPG
Salvia spinosa--Kurdistan. 2nd stop after Tawilla. 22 May 2013. DSC04763 (64).JPG
Salvia spinosa--Kurdistan. 2nd stop after Tawilla. 22 May 2013. DSC04763 (53).JPG
Salvia spinosa--Kurdistan. 2nd stop after Tawilla. 22 May 2013. DSC04763 (62).JPG
Salvia spinosa--Kurdistan. 2nd stop after Tawilla. 22 May 2013. DSC04763 (57).JPG
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.
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.
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Class
Magnoliopsida
Order
Lamiales
Family
Lamiaceae
Genus
Salvia
Specific Epithet
spinosa
Authorship
L.
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
Modelled estimate
EDGE score
0.1
Global rank
#234,114 of 335,497
Top 70%
Extinction probability
10%
