Logfia gallica is a species

Species

In biology, a species is one of the basic units of biological classification and a taxonomic rank. A species is often defined as a group of organisms capable of interbreeding and producing fertile offspring. While in many cases this definition is adequate, more precise or differing measures are...

 of plant. Its common names are narrowleaf cottonrose and daggerleaf. The species has relatively long and stiff awl-shaped leaves.

It is native to Mediterranean Eurasia and Africa. It is widely naturalised in western North America from southwestern Oregon to northwestern Baja California, including the California Channel Islands

Channel Islands of California

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. The first known American collection was from Newcastle, California

Newcastle, California

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 which was around 1883. It had subsequently been collected throughout central California by 1935, and had spread to most of its present North America

North America

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n range by 1970. Elsewhere, it is also naturalised in South America, Hawaii and Australia.