Flueggea tinctoria

Botanical Description

Flueggea tinctoria is a much-branched, spiny shrub that usually grows around 200cm tall[ 338 Title IUCN Red List of Threatened Species Publication Author Website http://www.iucnredlist.org/ Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description A list of plants under threat and facing possible extinction, usually with brief details of the threats and information on habitat. , 1548 Title Flora Iberica Publication Author Website http://www.floraiberica.es Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description Published in book form, the treatments of the various species have also been released on-line in PDF format. Records entered here are all from the on-line PDFs. ]. The plant is harvested from the wild for local use as a source of materials. Flueggea tinctoria is widespread in the Iberian Peninsula, it has a large extent of occurrence, and is said to dominate some of the habitat where it is found. The main threat to the species is the drying of temporal rivers and the abstraction of water. The species is also affected by the alteration of hydrological regime as a result of the installation of dams, the unregulated cleaning of the streams, the low quality of the water, pollution, presence of cattle and urbanisation. The plant is classified as 'Least Concern' in the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species(2017)[ 338 Title IUCN Red List of Threatened Species Publication Author Website http://www.iucnredlist.org/ Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description A list of plants under threat and facing possible extinction, usually with brief details of the threats and information on habitat. ].