Diplotaxis hirta
Overview
A detailed profile for this species is sourced from the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species as assessments become available.
Diplotaxis hirta faces severe population decline primarily due to habitat destruction from urban development and agricultural expansion across its Mediterranean range. Coastal development has eliminated many of its natural sandy and rocky habitats, while intensive agriculture has converted traditional grazing lands where this species historically thrived. Climate change poses an additional threat through altered precipitation patterns and increased drought frequency, which directly impacts this drought-sensitive plant's reproductive success.
Habitat
Diplotaxis hirta inhabits sandy soils, rocky slopes, and disturbed ground in Mediterranean coastal regions and semi-arid inland areas. It typically grows in open habitats including coastal dunes, limestone outcrops, abandoned fields, and margins of agricultural areas where it can tolerate poor, well-drained soils.
Conservation measures underway
Other threatened species in BRASSICACEAE
Threatened in Cape Verde
Frequently asked questions
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