Native to Afghanistan, Altay, Austria, China North-Central, East Himalaya, Finland, France, India, Italy, Kazakhstan, Kirgizstan, Mongolia, Nepal, Norway, NW. Balkan Pen., Pakistan, Sweden, Switzerland, Tadzhikistan, Tibet, Transcaucasus, Tuva, Uzbekistan, West Himalaya, Xinjiang (source: POWO). Flora of the World documents 1 occurrence across 1 country.

Distribution

Distribution from Plants of the World Online (POWO). View the accepted name on POWO

Occurrences

Davidson, C 13288

July 3, 2016

Location

Switzerland, Canton Valais, Saas-Almagell (Saas-Almagell)

46.037778, 7.954611

Location Remarks

South of Saas-Almagell village, at Lac Mattmark. Trail on the west side of the reservoir. 2242 m elev.

Collectors

Christopher Davidson, Martin W. Callmander, Beat Bäumler, Sven Buerki, Sharon R. Christoph

Notes

Steep, rocky trailside bank of glacially scoured rock and rock faces; multiple waterfalls below Allalin Glacier.

Classification

Kingdom

Plantae

Phylum

Tracheophyta

Class

Magnoliopsida

Order

Fabales

Family

Fabaceae

Genus

Oxytropis

Specific Epithet

lapponica

Authorship

(Wahlenb.) J.Gay

Taxonomic Opinions

GBIF WFO POWO

Conservation (EDGE)

What is EDGE?

Evolutionary distinctiveness

Lower

ED 0.2

Part of a well-represented branch of the plant tree of life, with many close relatives.

Threat status

Predicted not threatened

Modelled estimate

EDGE score

0.0

Global rank

#324,410 of 335,497

Top 97%

Extinction probability

10%

Source: Flowering plants EDGE assessment →