Sabulina mediterranea(Ledeb. ex Link) Rchb.

WFO wfo-0000438369 Accepted WFO 2026-06 5 photographs CC BY

Plate 1 figs. a–e · 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.

Sabulina mediterranea, photographed by Eleftherios Katsillis
fig. a Eleftherios Katsillis, CC BY 4.0 / 2022-04-19 / obs. 189446227
Sabulina mediterranea, photographed by Eleftherios Katsillis
fig. b Eleftherios Katsillis, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 189446455
Sabulina mediterranea, photographed by Eleftherios Katsillis
fig. c Eleftherios Katsillis, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 189446590
Sabulina mediterranea, photographed by Eleftherios Katsillis
fig. d Eleftherios Katsillis, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 189446280
Sabulina mediterranea, photographed by Eleftherios Katsillis
fig. e Eleftherios Katsillis, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 189446338

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Native range 24 botanical countries

Regions where Sabulina mediterranea is native: Algeria, Canary Is., Egypt, Libya, Morocco, Tunisia, Cyprus, East Aegean Is., Palestine, Türkiye, Albania, Baleares, Bulgaria, Corse, France, Greece, Italy, Kriti, NW. Balkan Pen., Portugal, Sardegna, Sicilia, Spain, Türkiye-in-Europe AlgeriaEgyptLibyaMoroccoTunisiaCyprusEast Aegean Is.PalestineTürkiyeAlbaniaBulgariaCorseFranceGreeceItalyKritiNW. Balkan Pen.PortugalSiciliaSpainTürkiye-in-Europe Canary Is.BalearesSardegna
Native distribution of Sabulina mediterranea, 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
Bulgaria BUL
Corse COR
France FRA
Greece GRC
Italy ITA
Kriti KRI
NW. Balkan Pen. YUG
Portugal POR
Sardegna SAR
Sicilia SIC
Spain SPA
Türkiye-in-Europe TUE
Algeria ALG AFRICA
Canary Is. CNY
Egypt EGY
Libya LBY
Morocco MOR
Tunisia TUN
Cyprus CYP ASIA-TEMPERATE
East Aegean Is. EAI
Palestine PAL
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 28 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.

  • Alsine arvatica (C.Presl) Guss.
  • Alsine conferta Jord.
  • Alsine confertiflora (Fenzl) Rouy & Foucaud
  • Alsine mediterranea Gren.
  • Alsine mucronata subsp. conferta (Jord.) Nyman
  • Alsine subulifolia (C.Presl) Guss.
  • Alsine tenuifolia prol. conferta (Jord.) Rouy & Foucaud
  • Alsine tenuifolia subsp. arvatica (C.Presl) Caldesi
  • Alsine tenuifolia subsp. conferta (Jord.) Thell.
  • Alsine tenuifolia var. confertiflora Fenzl
  • Alsine tenuifolia var. mucronata Boiss.
  • Alsine verna var. mediterranea (Ledeb. ex Link) Fenzl
  • Arenaria arvatica C.Presl
  • Arenaria mediterranea Ledeb. ex Link
  • Arenaria mucronata Sm.
  • Arenaria subulifolia C.Presl
  • Arenaria triandra Schrank
  • Minuartia hybrida subsp. conferta (Jord.) O.Bolòs & Vigo
  • Minuartia hybrida subsp. mediterranea (Ledeb. ex Link) O.Bolòs & Vigo
  • Minuartia leptophylla Groves
  • Minuartia mediterranea (Ledeb. ex Link) K. Malý
  • Minuartia mediterranea (Ledeb. ex Link) Vierh.
  • Minuartia mediterranea var. confertiflora (Fenzl) Molero
  • Minuartia tenuifolia Nees ex Mart.

and 4 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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