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Retama raetam (Forssk.) Webb & Berthel. is a plant in the Fabaceae family, order Fabales, kingdom Plantae. Not known to be toxic.

Photo of Retama raetam (Forssk.) Webb & Berthel. (Retama raetam (Forssk.) Webb & Berthel.)
Plantae

Retama raetam (Forssk.) Webb & Berthel.

Retama raetam (Forssk.) Webb & Berthel.

Retama raetam is a Fabaceae flowering plant native to parts of Africa and the Middle East, widely naturalized elsewhere.

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Family
Genus
Retama
Order
Fabales
Class
Magnoliopsida

About Retama raetam (Forssk.) Webb & Berthel.

Taxonomic Classification

Retama raetam (Forssk.) Webb & Berthel. is a flowering plant species that belongs to the Fabaceae family.

Native Distribution

It is native to northern Africa, ranging from Western Sahara to Sudan, as well as Sicily, Israel, the Sinai Peninsula, the Palestine region, and Saudi Arabia.

Non-Native Range Status

It has also become widely naturalized in other areas outside its native range.

Photo: (c) Σάββας Ζαφειρίου (Savvas Zafeiriou), some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by Σάββας Ζαφειρίου (Savvas Zafeiriou) · cc-by-nc

Taxonomy

Plantae Tracheophyta Magnoliopsida Fabales Fabaceae Retama

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Sources: GBIF, iNaturalist, Wikipedia, NCBI Taxonomy · Disclaimer

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