Valantia hispidaL.

WFO wfo-0000330861 Accepted WFO 2026-06 8 photographs CC0 / CC BY / CC BY-SA

Plate 1 figs. a–h · 7 observations

This species has been photographed under an open licence only 7 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.

Valantia hispida, photographed by Quentin Groom
fig. a Quentin Groom, CC0 1.0 / 2019-02-28 / obs. 6445879
Valantia hispida, photographed by Eleftherios Katsillis
fig. b Eleftherios Katsillis, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 113985330
Valantia hispida, photographed by Eleftherios Katsillis
fig. c Eleftherios Katsillis, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 113985316
Valantia hispida, photographed by Grzegorz Grzejszczak
fig. d Grzegorz Grzejszczak, CC BY-SA 4.0 / obs. 64021102
Valantia hispida, photographed by Andre Hosper
fig. e Andre Hosper, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 33855795
Valantia hispida, photographed by Tim Johnson
fig. f Tim Johnson, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 135664191
Valantia hispida, photographed by Quentin Groom
fig. g Quentin Groom, CC0 1.0 / obs. 197470755
Valantia hispida, photographed by purperlibel
fig. h purperlibel, CC BY-SA 4.0 / obs. 32127008

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Native range 33 botanical countries

Regions where Valantia hispida is native: Algeria, Canary Is., Djibouti, Egypt, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Libya, Morocco, Socotra, Somalia, Sudan-South Sudan, Tunisia, Cyprus, East Aegean Is., Gulf States, Iran, Iraq, Lebanon-Syria, Oman, Palestine, Saudi Arabia, Sinai, Türkiye, Yemen, Baleares, Corse, Greece, Italy, Kriti, Portugal, Sardegna, Sicilia, Spain AlgeriaDjiboutiEgyptEritreaEthiopiaLibyaMoroccoSomaliaSudan-South SudanTunisiaCyprusEast Aegean Is.Gulf StatesIranIraqLebanon-SyriaOmanPalestineSaudi ArabiaSinaiTürkiyeYemenCorseGreeceItalyKritiPortugalSiciliaSpain Canary Is.BalearesSardegna
Native distribution of Valantia hispida, 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
Algeria ALG AFRICA
Canary Is. CNY
Djibouti DJI
Egypt EGY
Eritrea ERI
Ethiopia ETH
Libya LBY
Morocco MOR
Socotra SOC
Somalia SOM
Sudan-South Sudan SUD
Tunisia TUN
Cyprus CYP ASIA-TEMPERATE
East Aegean Is. EAI
Gulf States GST
Iran IRN
Iraq IRQ
Lebanon-Syria LBS
Oman OMA
Palestine PAL
Saudi Arabia SAU
Sinai SIN
Türkiye TUR
Yemen YEM
Baleares BAL EUROPE
Corse COR
Greece GRC
Italy ITA
Kriti KRI
Portugal POR
Sardegna SAR
Sicilia SIC
Spain SPA

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 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.

  • Galium blepharophoron Roem. & Schult.
  • Galium hispidum (L.) Gaertn.
  • Valantia eburnea Brullo
  • Valantia filiformis Lojac.
  • Valantia hispida f. robusta Sennen

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.