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
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.
Location
Slovenia (University Botanical Garden)
Location Remarks
Ljubljana
Collectors
No collectors specified
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%