Globularia arabicaJaub. & Spach

WFO wfo-0000703796 Accepted WFO 2026-06 4 photographs CC BY / CC BY-SA

Plate 1 figs. a–d · 2 observations

This species has been photographed under an open licence only 2 times, 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.

Globularia arabica, photographed by Thibaud Aronson
fig. a Thibaud Aronson, CC BY-SA 4.0 / 2015-04-03 / obs. 118528012
Globularia arabica, photographed by Olivier Argagnon
fig. b Olivier Argagnon, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 62819732
Globularia arabica, photographed by Olivier Argagnon
fig. c Olivier Argagnon, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 62819735
Globularia arabica, photographed by Olivier Argagnon
fig. d Olivier Argagnon, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 62819711

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Native range 17 botanical countries

Regions where Globularia arabica is native: Algeria, Chad, Djibouti, Egypt, Eritrea, Libya, Mauritania, Morocco, Somalia, Sudan-South Sudan, Tunisia, Western Sahara, Lebanon-Syria, Palestine, Saudi Arabia, Sinai, Yemen AlgeriaChadDjiboutiEgyptEritreaLibyaMauritaniaMoroccoSomaliaSudan-South SudanTunisiaWestern SaharaLebanon-SyriaPalestineSaudi ArabiaSinaiYemen
Native distribution of Globularia arabica, 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
Chad CHA
Djibouti DJI
Egypt EGY
Eritrea ERI
Libya LBY
Mauritania MTN
Morocco MOR
Somalia SOM
Sudan-South Sudan SUD
Tunisia TUN
Western Sahara WSA
Lebanon-Syria LBS ASIA-TEMPERATE
Palestine PAL
Saudi Arabia SAU
Sinai SIN
Yemen YEM

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 6 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.

  • Globularia alypum var. arabica (Jaub. & Spach) Cavara & Grande
  • Globularia alypum var. eriocephala (Pomel) Batt.
  • Globularia alypum var. fallax Maire
  • Globularia alypum var. vesceritensis Batt.
  • Globularia eriocephala Pomel
  • Globularia trichocalyx 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.

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