Flora of Tunisia

Linum grandiflorum is a species of flax known by several common names, including flowering flax, red flax, scarlet flax, and crimson flax. It is native to Algeria and Tunisia, but it is known elsewhere in Northern Africa, Southern Europe and in several locations in North America as an introduced species. It is an annual herb producing an erect, branching stem lined with waxy, lance-shaped leaves 1 to 2 centimeters long. The inflorescence bears flowers on pedicels several centimeters long. The flower has 5 red petals each up to 3 centimeters long and stamens tipped with anthers bearing light

Hedera algeriensis, the Algerian ivy, is a species of evergreen ivy native to the North African coast, including coastal mountains in Algeria.

Quercus afares, the African oak, is a species of oak native to Algeria and Tunisia. It has a very limited distribution in the coastal mountains of the eastern Tell Atlas in Algeria, and the Mogod-Kroumerie region of northwestern Tunisia. Quercus afares is deciduous, with a corky bark (thinner than that of the cork oak, Q. suber), and can reach 25–30 metres in height. It grows in dense stands, associated with cork oak at elevations as low as 200 metres, and with the semi-deciduous Algerian oak (Q. canariensis) from 700 to 1600 metres elevation. Q. afares can also be found in monospecific

Oreobliton is a monotypic genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Amaranthaceae. The only species is Oreobliton thesioides. Its native range is Algeria and Tunisia in northwestern Africa.

Allium lehmannii is a plant species endemic to southern Italy. It is found only the Island of Sicily in the Mediterranean and in the nearby Calabria region of the Italian mainland. Allium lehmannii is a perennial, bulb-forming herb up to 30 cm tall. Leaves are very narrow and thread-like. Flowers are narrowly bell-shaped, the tepal tips spreading outwards but most of the tepals wrapping closely around the anthers and style. Tepals are white with a deep violet midvein.

Centaurea acaulis, the stemless star thistle, is a species of plant in the family Asteraceae.

Anthemis punctata is a species of flowering plant in the genus Anthemis, native to Algeria and Tunisia. The Royal Horticultural Society has given the Award of Garden Merit to a plant native to Sicily it calls Anthemis punctata subsp. cupaniana. As of August 2024, Plants of the World Online treated this as a separate species, Anthemis cupaniana.

Lotus drepanocarpus or the Fake Lotus Fruit is a perennial plant in the genus Lotus ranging from Algeria to Tunisia.

Hypericum afrum is a perennial herb in the genus Hypericum, in the section Adenosepalum, subsect. Aethiopicum.

Avena insularis is a species of wild oat in the genus Avena that is native to Southern Sicilia and North-Eastern Tunisia. The species is a tetraploid and is found in uncultivated patches around the Mediterranean. The species is suspected of being closely related to hexaploid oats Avena sativa and Avena byzantina.

Ophrys battandieri is a species of flowering plant in the family Orchidaceae, native to Spain and northwest Africa (Algeria, Morocco, and Tunisia), and possibly elsewhere. Ophrys murbeckii may be treated as a synonym.

Heteromera is a genus of flowering plants in the daisy family described as a genus in 1874. Heteromera is native to North Africa. Species Heteromera fuscata (Desf.) Pomel - Algeria, Morocco, Tunisia, Libya Heteromera macrocarpa Pomel - Algeria Heteromera philaenorum Maire & Weiller - Cyrenaica region of Libya homonym genus in Sapotaceae Heteromera Montrouz. ex Beauvis syn of Leptostylis Heteromera rotundifolium Montrouz. ex Beauvis., syn of Leptostylis micrantha Beauvis.

Cyclamen africanum is a species of flowering plant in the family Primulaceae. It is referred to by the common name African cyclamen and is a perennial growing from a tuber, native to northern Algeria, Morocco and Tunisia. It is similar to Cyclamen hederifolium, but not frost-hardy.

Orchis patens is a species of orchid found from the central Mediterranean to northwestern Africa.

Selinopsis is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Apiaceae. Its native range is Northwestern Africa. Species: Selinopsis foetida Coss. & Durieu ex Batt. Selinopsis montana Coss. & Durieu ex Batt.

Euphorbia gaditana is a species of plant native to Spain and Northern Africa. It is an annual plant and reproduces by allogamy. The species has also been classified as endangered. In Spain, this is due to pesticide application and agriculture.

Allium ebusitanum is a plant species known from the Spanish Island of Ibiza in the Balearic Islands, as well as from Tunisia and Algeria.

Psychine is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Brassicaceae. It includes a single species, Psychine stylosa, which is native to Algeria, Morocco, and Tunisia.

Asphodelus acaulis is a species of asphodel found in North Africa.

Rhetinolepis is a monotypic genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Asteraceae. The only species is Rhetinolepis lonadioides. Its native range is Northwestern Africa.

Allium litardierei is a North African species of wild onion native to Algeria and Morocco. The oldest name applied to the taxon is the 1924 moniker Allium paniculatum subsp. breviscapum Litard. & Maire. Elevating the epithet breviscapum to species level is prevented by the existence of the 1885 name Allium breviscapum Stapf, hence the need for a new name, Allium litardierei J.-M.Tison in 2010.

Lotus conjugatus is a species of plant in the genus Lotus native from Sicily to Algeria and Tunisia.

Hyacinthoides lingulata is a species of bulbous plant that lives in North Africa, from Morocco to Tunisia. It is widespread in short grass and agricultural fields, flowering in autumn when the rains begin. The flowers are generally paler than the common bluebell (Hyacinthoides non-scripta), but have a similar scent. Its leaves are not fully hardy, and it is usually grown under glass in the British Isles, where it requires a dry rest in summer and watering from early September until it dies back in May.

Psychine is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Brassicaceae. It includes a single species, Psychine stylosa, which is native to Algeria, Morocco, and Tunisia.

Lonchophora is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Brassicaceae. It includes a single species, Lonchophora capiomontana, which is native to Algeria, Libya, and Tunisia in northern Africa.

Hypericum psilophytum is a species of flowering plant of the St. John's wort family (Hypericaceae) that is found in Morocco and Algeria.

Lonchophora is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Brassicaceae. It includes a single species, Lonchophora capiomontana, which is native to Algeria, Libya, and Tunisia in northern Africa.

Salvia barrelieri (Berber clary) is a perennial found in northern Africa, Morocco, Tunisia, Algeria, and southwestern Spain, usually between the elevations of 500–1200 meters. It grows 1–2 meters tall, with large, wavy, gray-green leaves. The inflorescence is a verticillaster (See Inflorescence) and can grow nearly one meter tall, with flowers of light lavender or sky blue blooming all at the same time.

Ophrys atlantica is a species of flowering plant in the family Orchidaceae, native to southern Spain and northwest Africa (Algeria, Morocco, and Tunisia). It was first described by Giles Munby in 1899. It has been treated as a subspecies of Ophrys fusca.

Dianthus rupicola is a species of Dianthus native to Sicily, nearby areas of mainland Italy, Spain's Balearic Islands, and northeastern Tunisia. It tends to grow in a few populations on steep cliffs, and consequently is viewed as at risk from climate change.