Zygophyllum creticum(L.) Christenh. & Byng

WFO wfo-0001423397 Accepted WFO 2026-06 8 photographs CC0 / CC BY

Plate 1 figs. a–h · 8 separate observations

Zygophyllum creticum, photographed by Santiago Martín-Bravo
fig. a Santiago Martín-Bravo, CC BY 4.0 / 2022-05-25 / obs. 200528904
Zygophyllum creticum, photographed by Mirela
fig. b Mirela, CC0 1.0 / obs. 185706781
Zygophyllum creticum, photographed by Mirela
fig. c Mirela, CC0 1.0 / obs. 181933063
Zygophyllum creticum, photographed by Arild Finne Nybø
fig. d Arild Finne Nybø, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 180903483
Zygophyllum creticum, photographed by John Lyden
fig. e John Lyden, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 179654504
Zygophyllum creticum, photographed by Christian Berg
fig. f Christian Berg, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 175254906
Zygophyllum creticum, photographed by Christian Berg
fig. g Christian Berg, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 173762506
Zygophyllum creticum, photographed by Julien Renoult
fig. h Julien Renoult, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 116334416

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Native range 21 botanical countries

Regions where Zygophyllum creticum is native: Algeria, Canary Is., Cape Verde, Egypt, Libya, Mauritania, Morocco, Selvagens, Senegal, Tunisia, Western Sahara, Cyprus, East Aegean Is., Lebanon-Syria, Baleares, Greece, Italy, Kriti, Portugal, Sicilia, Spain AlgeriaEgyptLibyaMauritaniaMoroccoSelvagensSenegalTunisiaWestern SaharaCyprusEast Aegean Is.Lebanon-SyriaGreeceItalyKritiPortugalSiciliaSpain Canary Is.Cape VerdeBaleares
Native distribution of Zygophyllum creticum, 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
Cape Verde CVI
Egypt EGY
Libya LBY
Mauritania MTN
Morocco MOR
Selvagens SEL
Senegal SEN
Tunisia TUN
Western Sahara WSA
Baleares BAL EUROPE
Greece GRC
Italy ITA
Kriti KRI
Portugal POR
Sicilia SIC
Spain SPA
Cyprus CYP ASIA-TEMPERATE
East Aegean Is. EAI
Lebanon-Syria LBS

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 9 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.

  • Fagonia cretica L.
  • Fagonia deflexa Moench
  • Fagonia desertorum Andr.
  • Fagonia elongata Salisb.
  • Fagonia erecta Mill.
  • Fagonia forskalii Pfund
  • Fagonia hispanica L.
  • Fagonia virens Coss. ex T.Anderson
  • Fagonia viscosa Hochst. ex Boiss.

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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