Sulla spinosissima(L.) B.H.Choi & H.Ohashi

WFO wfo-0000497870 Accepted WFO 2026-06 8 photographs CC BY / CC BY-SA

Plate 1 figs. a–h · 8 separate observations

Sulla spinosissima, photographed by Tim Johnson
fig. a Tim Johnson, CC BY 4.0 / 2022-05-14 / obs. 197725097
Sulla spinosissima, photographed by Tim Johnson
fig. b Tim Johnson, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 197725242
Sulla spinosissima, photographed by Tim Johnson
fig. c Tim Johnson, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 184747449
Sulla spinosissima, photographed by Yves Bas
fig. d Yves Bas, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 159581857
Sulla spinosissima, photographed by Eleftherios Katsillis
fig. e Eleftherios Katsillis, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 125859869
Sulla spinosissima, photographed by Grzegorz Grzejszczak
fig. f Grzegorz Grzejszczak, CC BY-SA 4.0 / obs. 64038127
Sulla spinosissima, photographed by Grzegorz Grzejszczak
fig. g Grzegorz Grzejszczak, CC BY-SA 4.0 / obs. 64024266
Sulla spinosissima, photographed by Grzegorz Grzejszczak
fig. h Grzegorz Grzejszczak, CC BY-SA 4.0 / obs. 64020837

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Native range 19 botanical countries

Regions where Sulla spinosissima is native: Algeria, Egypt, Libya, Morocco, Tunisia, Cyprus, East Aegean Is., Lebanon-Syria, Palestine, Sinai, Türkiye, Baleares, Corse, France, Greece, Kriti, Sardegna, Sicilia, Spain AlgeriaEgyptLibyaMoroccoTunisiaCyprusEast Aegean Is.Lebanon-SyriaPalestineSinaiTürkiyeCorseFranceGreeceKritiSiciliaSpain BalearesSardegna
Native distribution of Sulla spinosissima, 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
Baleares BAL EUROPE
Corse COR
France FRA
Greece GRC
Kriti KRI
Sardegna SAR
Sicilia SIC
Spain SPA
Cyprus CYP ASIA-TEMPERATE
East Aegean Is. EAI
Lebanon-Syria LBS
Palestine PAL
Sinai SIN
Türkiye TUR
Algeria ALG AFRICA
Egypt EGY
Libya LBY
Morocco MOR
Tunisia TUN

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 16 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.

  • Echinolobium carnosum Desv.
  • Echinolobium pallidum Desv.
  • Echinolobium spinosissimum (L.) Desv.
  • Hedysarum capitatum subsp. pallens (Moris) Arcang.
  • Hedysarum capitatum var. pallens Moris
  • Hedysarum pallens (Moris) Bonnier
  • Hedysarum pallens (Moris) Halácsy
  • Hedysarum palleus (Moris) Ital.
  • Hedysarum pallidum Biv.
  • Hedysarum sibthorpii Nyman
  • Hedysarum spinosissimum L.
  • Hedysarum spinosissimum subsp. eu-spinosissimum Briq.
  • Hedysarum spinosissimum subsp. pallens (Moris) Holmboe
  • Hedysarum spinosissimum subsp. spinosissimum
  • Hedysarum spinosissimum var. lanatum Maire & Weiller
  • Hedysarum spinosissimum var. pallens (Moris) Rouy & E.G.Camus

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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