Turkey, a country with diverse climatic features, can be divided into three regions in terms of its vegetation.
Northern Anatolia: This region encompasses the Black Sea-facing part of Thrace and the northern part of Anatolia. The main medicinal plants found in this region with a temperate and humid climate include; male fern, dwarf juniper, eastern mallow or marsh mallow, strawberry tree or black nightshade, bearberry, deadly nightshade, foxglove, valerian, coltsfoot, and autumn crocus.
Western and Southern Anatolia: This region includes the southern part of Thrace and the Aegean and Mediterranean regions. The main medicinal plants found in this region, where summers are dry and hot, and winters are rainy, are: red pine, tar juniper, myrtle, Anatolian sage, lavender, marjoram, thyme, horehound, mountain tea, storax, carob, mastic, sumac, oleander, mandrake, and sea onion are characteristic plants of the region.
Central and Eastern Anatolia: Many medicinal plants grow in this region where a continental climate prevails. Tragacanth species from which tragacanth gum is obtained, deadly nightshade, Syrian rue, some Gypsophila species from which soapwort root is obtained, rhubarb, gall oak, and amber paris are some of the medicinal plants that grow in the region.
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