Farsetia stylosaR.Br.

WFO wfo-0000685933 Accepted WFO 2026-06 4 photographs CC BY

Plate 1 figs. a–d · 1 observation

This species has been photographed under an open licence only 1 time, so some figures below are different views of the same plant, taken on the same day, rather than different individuals. They are usually different parts of it: the leaf, the flower, the bark.

Farsetia stylosa, photographed by Karim Haddad
fig. a Karim Haddad, CC BY 4.0 / 2022-01-29 / obs. 178216961
Farsetia stylosa, photographed by Karim Haddad
fig. b Karim Haddad, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 178216967
Farsetia stylosa, photographed by Karim Haddad
fig. c Karim Haddad, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 178216988
Farsetia stylosa, photographed by Karim Haddad
fig. d Karim Haddad, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 178216978

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The specimen a real sheet, in a real collection

Herbarium
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
Accession
K000230477
Filed as
Farsetia stylosa R.Br.
Det. by
Jonsell, Bengt
Collected
not recorded
Origin
not recorded
The sheet
View the digitised specimen (CC BY 4.0)

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Native range 27 botanical countries

Regions where Farsetia stylosa is native: Algeria, Cameroon, Chad, Djibouti, Egypt, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Kenya, Libya, Mali, Mauritania, Morocco, Niger, Nigeria, Socotra, Somalia, Sudan-South Sudan, Tunisia, Western Sahara, Gulf States, Iran, Oman, Saudi Arabia, Yemen, India, Pakistan, West Himalaya AlgeriaCameroonChadDjiboutiEgyptEritreaEthiopiaKenyaLibyaMaliMauritaniaMoroccoNigerNigeriaSomaliaSudan-South SudanTunisiaWestern SaharaGulf StatesIranOmanSaudi ArabiaYemenIndiaPakistanWest Himalaya
Native distribution of Farsetia stylosa, 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.
RegionTDWG codeContinent
Algeria ALG AFRICA
Cameroon CMN
Chad CHA
Djibouti DJI
Egypt EGY
Eritrea ERI
Ethiopia ETH
Kenya KEN
Libya LBY
Mali MLI
Mauritania MTN
Morocco MOR
Niger NGR
Nigeria NGA
Socotra SOC
Somalia SOM
Sudan-South Sudan SUD
Tunisia TUN
Western Sahara WSA
Gulf States GST ASIA-TEMPERATE
Iran IRN
Oman OMA
Saudi Arabia SAU
Yemen YEM
India IND ASIA-TROPICAL
Pakistan PAK
West Himalaya WHM

Not drawn on the map: Socotra. We hold no public-domain boundary for this region, so it is listed rather than guessed at.

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 11 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.

  • Arabis incanescens Munro
  • Erysimum remotiflorum O.E.Schulz
  • Farsetia depressa Kotschy
  • Farsetia hamiltonii Royle
  • Farsetia prostrata (Hochst. & Steud.) Hochst.
  • Farsetia ramosisissima E.Fourn.
  • Farsetia ramosissima Hochst. ex E.Fourn.
  • Farsetia ramosissima var. cossoniana Maire
  • Farsetia ramosissima var. garamantum Maire
  • Farsetia ramosissima var. genuina Maire
  • Matthiola prostrata Hochst. & Steud. ex Steud.

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.

We publish what we can source and we say so when we cannot. This page has no care advice and no toxicity claim, because we do not yet have those from a source we can cite.