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
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%