Native to Albania, Austria, Czechia-Slovakia, France, Greece, Italy, NW. Balkan Pen., Switzerland; introduced into Germany, Great Britain, Ireland (source: POWO). Flora of the World documents 2 occurrences across 2 countries.
Location
Slovenia (University Botanical Garden)
Location Remarks
Ljubljana
Collectors
No collectors specified
Location
Switzerland, Vaud (Gimel)
46.540833, 6.258028
Location Remarks
Parc naturel regional Jura vaudois. Along Col du Marchairuz c. 300 m east of Sapin Simeon. (5 km N of St. George). Limestone substrate. Meadowland by the roadside. 1285 m elev.
Collectors
Christopher Davidson, Beat Bäumler, Martin W. Callmander, Sven Buerki, Sharon R. Christoph
Notes
Small tree c. 4 m.
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Class
Magnoliopsida
Order
Fabales
Family
Fabaceae
Genus
Laburnum
Specific Epithet
alpinum
Authorship
(Mill.) Bercht. & J.Presl
What is EDGE?
Evolutionary distinctiveness
Lower
ED 3.2
Part of a well-represented branch of the plant tree of life, with many close relatives.
Threat status
IUCN Red List
EDGE score
0.1
Global rank
#238,899 of 335,497
Top 72%
Extinction probability
6%