Native to 34 botanical countries across Europe, Africa, Temperate Asia, and Tropical Asia; introduced into Alabama, Arkansas, Belarus, Brazil Northeast, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Florida, Germany, Haiti, Honduras, Kentucky, Leeward Is., Mexico Northeast, Mississippi, New Mexico, Nicaragua, Oman, Peru, Puerto Rico (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

June 3, 2007

Location

United States, California (McConnell Arboretum and Gardens)

Location Remarks

In Turtle Bay Exploration Park, 840 Sundial Bridge Dr., Redding

Collectors

No collectors specified

No collection number

May 27, 2005

Location

Greece, Crete, Chania

35.199167, 24.077778

Location Remarks

Phenix trail, W of Loutro

Collectors

No collectors specified

Classification

Kingdom

Plantae

Phylum

Tracheophyta

Class

Magnoliopsida

Order

Lamiales

Family

Lamiaceae

Genus

Vitex

Specific Epithet

agnus-castus

Authorship

Taxonomic Opinions

GBIF WFO POWO

Conservation (EDGE)

What is EDGE?

Evolutionary distinctiveness

Lower

ED 1.0

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

#269,201 of 335,497

Top 81%

Extinction probability

Source: Flowering plants EDGE assessment →