Fumana scopariaPomel

WFO wfo-0000693056 Accepted WFO 2026-06 8 photographs CC BY

Plate 1 figs. a–h · 8 separate observations

Fumana scoparia, photographed by Mehdi Chetibi
fig. a Mehdi Chetibi, CC BY 4.0 / 2022-04-14 / obs. 188267586
Fumana scoparia, photographed by Mehdi Chetibi
fig. b Mehdi Chetibi, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 163418343
Fumana scoparia, photographed by Abdenour Kheloufi
fig. c Abdenour Kheloufi, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 135130822
Fumana scoparia, photographed by aroche
fig. d aroche, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 12762572
Fumana scoparia, photographed by Mehdi Chetibi
fig. e Mehdi Chetibi, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 119642909
Fumana scoparia, photographed by Karim Haddad
fig. f Karim Haddad, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 131380903
Fumana scoparia, photographed by Karim Haddad
fig. g Karim Haddad, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 118559657
Fumana scoparia, photographed by Mehdi Chetibi
fig. h Mehdi Chetibi, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 131474824

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Native range 10 botanical countries

Regions where Fumana scoparia is native: Algeria, Libya, Morocco, Tunisia, Lebanon-Syria, Palestine, Türkiye, Greece, Italy, Spain AlgeriaLibyaMoroccoTunisiaLebanon-SyriaPalestineTürkiyeGreeceItalySpain
Native distribution of Fumana scoparia, 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
Libya LBY
Morocco MOR
Tunisia TUN
Lebanon-Syria LBS ASIA-TEMPERATE
Palestine PAL
Türkiye TUR
Greece GRC EUROPE
Italy ITA
Spain SPA

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 5 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.

  • Fumana ericoides var. glandulosa Pau
  • Fumana ericoides var. scoparia (Pomel) Maire
  • Fumana glandulosa (Pau) Pau
  • Fumana racemosa Pau
  • Fumana spachii var. glandulosa (Pau) Willk.

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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