Daucus pumilusBall

WFO wfo-0000638628 Accepted WFO 2026-06 8 photographs CC BY

Plate 1 figs. a–h · 8 separate observations

Daucus pumilus, photographed by Davide Puddu
fig. a Davide Puddu, CC BY 4.0 / 2022-03-16 / obs. 183588485
Daucus pumilus, photographed by Tim Johnson
fig. b Tim Johnson, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 177117545
Daucus pumilus, photographed by Tim Johnson
fig. c Tim Johnson, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 174531391
Daucus pumilus, photographed by Tim Johnson
fig. d Tim Johnson, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 137939624
Daucus pumilus, photographed by Tim Johnson
fig. e Tim Johnson, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 136459833
Daucus pumilus, photographed by Oleg Kosterin
fig. f Oleg Kosterin, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 178458744
Daucus pumilus, photographed by Eleftherios Katsillis
fig. g Eleftherios Katsillis, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 121766404
Daucus pumilus, photographed by Andre Hosper
fig. h Andre Hosper, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 33960793

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Native range 24 botanical countries

Regions where Daucus pumilus is native: Algeria, Canary Is., Egypt, Libya, Tunisia, Western Sahara, Cyprus, East Aegean Is., Lebanon-Syria, Palestine, Sinai, Türkiye, Albania, Baleares, Corse, France, Greece, Italy, Kriti, Portugal, Sardegna, Sicilia, Spain, Türkiye-in-Europe AlgeriaEgyptLibyaTunisiaWestern SaharaCyprusEast Aegean Is.Lebanon-SyriaPalestineSinaiTürkiyeAlbaniaCorseFranceGreeceItalyKritiPortugalSiciliaSpainTürkiye-in-Europe Canary Is.BalearesSardegna
Native distribution of Daucus pumilus, after Kew’s World Checklist of Vascular Plants. Introduced, extinct and doubtful records are excluded, so this is where the plant is from, not everywhere it now grows. Regions too small to draw at this scale are marked with a dot.
RegionTDWG codeContinent
Albania ALB EUROPE
Baleares BAL
Corse COR
France FRA
Greece GRC
Italy ITA
Kriti KRI
Portugal POR
Sardegna SAR
Sicilia SIC
Spain SPA
Türkiye-in-Europe TUE
Algeria ALG AFRICA
Canary Is. CNY
Egypt EGY
Libya LBY
Tunisia TUN
Western Sahara WSA
Cyprus CYP ASIA-TEMPERATE
East Aegean Is. EAI
Lebanon-Syria LBS
Palestine PAL
Sinai SIN
Türkiye TUR

Region boundaries approximated from Natural Earth (public domain) and mapped to TDWG World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions (WGSRPD) level-3 botanical countries (Brummitt 2001). Indicative, not the official WGSRPD geometry.

Also published as 29 synonyms

A synonym is not an error. It is a record of botanists disagreeing, in print, about where this plant belongs. Each of these was somebody’s considered answer.

  • Caucalis cretica Salzm. ex Boiss.
  • Caucalis maritima Gouan
  • Caucalis pumila L.
  • Daucus maritimus Gaertn.
  • Daucus microphyllus Presl ex DC.
  • Daucus muricatus var. maritimus L.
  • Daucus pumilus subsp. maritimus Maire
  • Daucus pumilus subsp. microcarpus (Loret & Barrandon) Maire
  • Daucus pumilus var. breviaculeatus (Boiss.) Reduron
  • Daucus pumilus var. microcarpus (Loret & Barrandon) Reduron
  • Daucus pusillus var. microphyllus (C.Presl ex DC.) Torr. & A.Gray
  • Daucus pycnacanthus (H.Lindb.) M.Hiroe
  • Orlaya bubania Philippe
  • Orlaya cretica Nyman
  • Orlaya maritima W.D.J.Koch
  • Orlaya maritima subsp. bubania (Philippe) Nyman
  • Orlaya maritima var. breviaculeata Boiss.
  • Orlaya maritima var. microcarpa Loret & Barrandon
  • Orlaya maritima var. tarhunensis Pamp.
  • Orlaya pumila (L.) Halácsy
  • Pseudorlaya bubania Murb.
  • Pseudorlaya maritima Murb.
  • Pseudorlaya pumila (L.) Grande
  • Pseudorlaya pumila f. breviaculeata (Boiss.) Sáenz de Rivas

and 5 more.

Sourcesevery claim on this page

  1. World Flora Online Plant List. accepted name, authority, classification. CC0. Retrieved 2026-07-12.
  2. iNaturalist. photographs and flowering annotations, CC0 / CC BY / CC BY-SA only. per photograph. Retrieved 2026-06-27.
  3. Kew, World Checklist of Vascular Plants (WCVP v16). native distribution by TDWG level-3 botanical country, and life form. CC BY 3.0. Retrieved 2026-06-04.

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