Global range is not yet available in Plants of the World Online. Flora of the World documents 1 occurrence across 1 country.
Location
Japan, Hokkaido, Hokkaido (Tomamae District)
44.563972, 141.772611
Location Remarks
Konpira Cape. Coast at Shosambetsu Shrine, wes of highway232 and 3.8 km north of Shosambetsu Village. Sea level.
Collectors
David E. Boufford, Christopher Davidson, Sharon R. Christoph
Notes
Coastal scrub next to a stairway on a steep slope somewhat protected from the ocean.
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Class
Magnoliopsida
Order
Boraginales
Family
Boraginaceae
Genus
Mertensia
Specific Epithet
simplicissima
Authorship
(Ledeb.) G.Don
What is EDGE?
Evolutionary distinctiveness
Lower
ED 0.4
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
#313,790 of 335,497
Top 94%
Extinction probability
9%
GBIF Backbone Taxonomy