Native to Algeria, East Aegean Is., Greece, Kriti, Lebanon-Syria, Morocco, Tunisia, Türkiye; introduced into Argentina Northeast, Great Britain, Italy, South Australia, Spain (source: POWO). Flora of the World documents 1 occurrence across 1 country.

Distribution

Distribution from Plants of the World Online (POWO). View the accepted name on POWO

Occurrences

89.0967

February 10, 2003

Location

United States, California, Alameda County (Berkeley, UC Berkeley Botanical Garden)

37.87544, -122.238724

Location Remarks

Strawberry Canyon, University of California campus, city of Berkeley

Collectors

No collectors specified

Classification

Kingdom

Plantae

Phylum

Tracheophyta

Class

Liliopsida

Order

Asparagales

Family

Iridaceae

Genus

Iris

Specific Epithet

unguicularis

Authorship

Poir.

Taxonomic Opinions

GBIF WFO POWO

Conservation (EDGE)

What is EDGE?

Evolutionary distinctiveness

Lower

ED 8.4

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

0.9

Global rank

#47,971 of 335,497

Top 15%

Extinction probability

12%

Source: Flowering plants EDGE assessment →