Native to Altay, Bulgaria, Central European Russia, East European Russia, Greece, Iran, Kazakhstan, North Caucasus, Romania, South European Russia, Spain, Transcaucasus, Türkiye, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, West Siberia; introduced into Denmark; extinct in Hungary; presence uncertain in NW. Balkan Pen. (source: POWO). Flora of the World documents 1 occurrence across 1 country.
Location
Georgia
42.6625, 44.619722
Location Remarks
Various points along the road-trail to Gergeti Trinity Church (also called Sameba Church), west of the village of Kazbegi.
Collectors
No collectors specified
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Class
Magnoliopsida
Order
Rosales
Family
Rosaceae
Genus
Spiraea
Specific Epithet
crenata
Authorship
L.
What is EDGE?
Evolutionary distinctiveness
Lower
ED 1.8
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
#232,850 of 335,497
Top 70%
Extinction probability
10%