Taxonomy

Division:

Magnoliophyta | - Flowering plants

Family:

Cucurbitaceae

Genus:

Ecballium

Species:

Ecballium elaterium subsp. elaterium

Growth Characteristics

Growth Habit:

Forb/herb , Subshrub

Native Range

Caucasus: North Caucasus, Transcaucasus, Eastern Europe: Krym, South European Russia, Ukraine, Macaronesia: Canary Is., Northern Africa: Algeria, Libya, Morocco, Tunisia, Southeastern Europe: Albania, Bulgaria, Greece, Italy, NW. Balkan Pen., Sicilia, Türkiye-in-Europe, Southwestern Europe: Baleares, Corse, France, Portugal, Sardegna, Spain, Western Asia: Cyprus, East Aegean Is., Iran, Lebanon-Syria, Palestine, Türkiye