Native to 35 botanical countries across Europe, Africa, and Temperate Asia; introduced into 55 botanical countries across Europe, Temperate Asia, Australasia, Northern America, and Southern America (source: POWO). Flora of the World documents 1 occurrence across 1 country.
Location
Italy, Lazio, Rome
41.916944, 13.118056
Location Remarks
St. Scolastica Monastery at Subiaco.
Collectors
No collectors specified
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Class
Magnoliopsida
Order
Fabales
Family
Fabaceae
Genus
Medicago
Specific Epithet
arabica
Authorship
(L.) Huds.
What is EDGE?
Evolutionary distinctiveness
Lower
ED 6.4
Part of a well-represented branch of the plant tree of life, with many close relatives.
Threat status
Modelled estimate
EDGE score
0.5
Global rank
#100,841 of 335,497
Top 31%
Extinction probability
9%