Native to Algeria, Baleares, Canary Is., Corse, Egypt, France, Germany, Italy, Lebanon-Syria, Libya, Morocco, NW. Balkan Pen., Palestine, Portugal, Sardegna, Sinai, Spain, Switzerland, Tunisia, Western Sahara; introduced into Iraq (source: POWO). Flora of the World documents 3 occurrences across 2 countries.
Location
Spain, Andalusia, Almeria
36.868611, 2.387222
Location Remarks
Valle de Rodalquilar, Cabo de Gata Parque. Near Playa de Playazo. Sendero a Las Negras.
Collectors
No collectors specified
Location
Spain, Andalusia, Almeria
36.868611, 2.387222
Location Remarks
Valle de Rodalquilar, Cabo de Gata Parque. Near Playa de Playazo. Sendero a Las Negras.
Collectors
No collectors specified
Location
Switzerland, Canton Valais, Ried-Brig
46.298611, 8.054444
Location Remarks
Off Highway 9 (E62), i.e., Simplonstrasse, at Ganterbrucke; old highway on north side of Saltina River (Ganterbach). 1407 m elev.
Collectors
Christopher Davidson, Martin W. Callmander, Beat Bäumler, Sven Buerki, Sharon R. Christoph
Notes
Steep, rocky roadside bank and rock faces; north side of the road and south side above the river.
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Class
Magnoliopsida
Order
Fabales
Family
Fabaceae
Genus
Ononis
Specific Epithet
natrix
Authorship
L.
What is EDGE?
Evolutionary distinctiveness
Lower
ED 3.1
Part of a well-represented branch of the plant tree of life, with many close relatives.
Threat status
Modelled estimate
EDGE score
0.2
Global rank
#174,973 of 335,497
Top 53%
Extinction probability
10%