Native to 39 botanical countries across Europe, Temperate Asia, and Northern America (source: POWO). Flora of the World documents 2 occurrences across 2 countries.

Distribution

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

Occurrences

Davidson, C 11247

July 6, 2008

Location

Slovenia, Upper Carniola (Kamnik, Velika Planina)

46.295417, 14.649111

Location Remarks

Velika Planina

Collectors

Christopher Davidson

Callmander, M 1284

July 1, 2016

Location

Switzerland, Canton Valais, Obergoms (Oberwald)

46.537611, 8.356306

Location Remarks

Furkastrasse (Hwy 19), campsite just north of Oberwald village, along Rhone River. 1380 m elev.

Collectors

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

Notes

Exposed rocky, alpine meadowland on steep to gentle slopes above the pass.

Classification

Kingdom

Plantae

Phylum

Tracheophyta

Class

Magnoliopsida

Order

Rosales

Family

Rosaceae

Genus

Dryas

Specific Epithet

octopetala

Authorship

Taxonomic Opinions

GBIF WFO POWO

Conservation (EDGE)

What is EDGE?

Evolutionary distinctiveness

Lower

ED 5.5

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

0.4

Global rank

#108,579 of 335,497

Top 33%

Extinction probability

10%

Source: Flowering plants EDGE assessment →