Spartium junceum--Italy. Tuscany, Bettolle. Hotel Forum. 14 May 02. 004.jpg
Spartium junceum--Italy. Tuscany, Bettolle. Hotel Forum. 14 May 02. 003.jpg
Spartium junceum--Italy. Tuscany, Bettolle. Hotel Forum. 14 May 02. 005.jpg
Spartium junceum--Crete. Ep. Kisamos. Sirikari Gorge. 25 May 05. 100.jpg
Spartium junceum--Crete. Ep. Kisamos. Sirikari Gorge. 25 May 05. 097.jpg
Spartium junceum--Italy. Tuscany, Bettolle. Hotel Forum. 14 May 02. 006.jpg
Spartium junceum--Crete. Ep. Kisamos. Sirikari Gorge. 25 May 05. 098.jpg
Spartium junceum--Crete. Ep. Kisamos. Sirikari Gorge. 25 May 05. 099.jpg
Native to Albania, Azores, Baleares, Corse, East Aegean Is., France, Greece, Italy, Kriti, Lebanon-Syria, NW. Balkan Pen., Palestine, Portugal, Sardegna, Sicilia, Spain, Türkiye, Türkiye-in-Europe; introduced into 55 botanical countries across Europe, Africa, Temperate Asia, Tropical Asia, Australasia, Pacific, Northern America, and Southern America (source: POWO). Flora of the World documents 2 occurrences across 2 countries.
Location
Italy, Tuscany (Monticiano)
43.128056, 11.264167
Location Remarks
Riserva Naturale Basso Merse
Collectors
No collectors specified
Location
Greece, Crete, Chania (Kisamos)
35.4215, 23.646333
Location Remarks
Sirikari (Polyrinnia) Gorge, W of Chania
Collectors
No collectors specified
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Class
Magnoliopsida
Order
Fabales
Family
Fabaceae
Genus
Spartium
Specific Epithet
junceum
Authorship
L.
What is EDGE?
Evolutionary distinctiveness
Moderate
ED 14.1
Moderately distinct — it has closer living relatives than the most isolated species.
Threat status
Modelled estimate
EDGE score
0.9
Global rank
#45,938 of 335,497
Top 14%
Extinction probability
9%
