Native to 66 botanical countries across Europe, Africa, Temperate Asia, and Tropical Asia; introduced into 48 botanical countries across Africa, Temperate Asia, Tropical Asia, Northern America, and Southern America (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
Lamiales
Family
Plantaginaceae
Genus
Veronica
Specific Epithet
polita
Authorship
Fr.
What is EDGE?
Evolutionary distinctiveness
Lower
ED 0.3
Part of a well-represented branch of the plant tree of life, with many close relatives.
Threat status
Modelled estimate
EDGE score
0.0
Global rank
#316,551 of 335,497
Top 95%
Extinction probability
10%