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Taxon

Aquilegia alpina L.

Protologue Sp. Pl. 1: 533. 1753 [1 May 1753]BHL pageIPNI
AcceptedGBIF
Least Concern
Aquilegia alpina, Not collected--Switzerland. Sass Almagell. Lac Mattmark. 3 Jul 2016. DSC08449 (122).JPG

Aquilegia alpina, Not collected--Switzerland. Sass Almagell. Lac Mattmark. 3 Jul 2016. DSC08449 (122).JPG

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Aquilegia alpina, Not collected--Switzerland. Sass Almagell. Lac Mattmark. 3 Jul 2016. DSC08449 (111).JPG

Aquilegia alpina, Not collected--Switzerland. Sass Almagell. Lac Mattmark. 3 Jul 2016. DSC08449 (111).JPG

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Aquilegia alpina, Not collected--Switzerland. Sass Almagell. Lac Mattmark. 3 Jul 2016. DSC08449 (117).JPG

Aquilegia alpina, Not collected--Switzerland. Sass Almagell. Lac Mattmark. 3 Jul 2016. DSC08449 (117).JPG

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Aquilegia alpina, Not collected--Switzerland. Sass Almagell. Lac Mattmark. 3 Jul 2016. DSC08449 (124).JPG

Aquilegia alpina, Not collected--Switzerland. Sass Almagell. Lac Mattmark. 3 Jul 2016. DSC08449 (124).JPG

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Aquilegia alpina, Not collected--Switzerland. Sass Almagell. Lac Mattmark. 3 Jul 2016. DSC08449 (112).JPG

Aquilegia alpina, Not collected--Switzerland. Sass Almagell. Lac Mattmark. 3 Jul 2016. DSC08449 (112).JPG

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Aquilegia alpina, Not collected--Switzerland. Sass Almagell. Lac Mattmark. 3 Jul 2016. DSC08449 (126).JPG

Aquilegia alpina, Not collected--Switzerland. Sass Almagell. Lac Mattmark. 3 Jul 2016. DSC08449 (126).JPG

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Aquilegia alpina, Not collected--Switzerland. Sass Almagell. Lac Mattmark. 3 Jul 2016. DSC08449 (113).JPG

Aquilegia alpina, Not collected--Switzerland. Sass Almagell. Lac Mattmark. 3 Jul 2016. DSC08449 (113).JPG

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Aquilegia alpina, Not collected--Switzerland. Sass Almagell. Lac Mattmark. 3 Jul 2016. DSC08449 (114).JPG

Aquilegia alpina, Not collected--Switzerland. Sass Almagell. Lac Mattmark. 3 Jul 2016. DSC08449 (114).JPG

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Aquilegia alpina, Not collected--Switzerland. Sass Almagell. Lac Mattmark. 3 Jul 2016. DSC08449 (118).JPG

Aquilegia alpina, Not collected--Switzerland. Sass Almagell. Lac Mattmark. 3 Jul 2016. DSC08449 (118).JPG

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Aquilegia alpina, Not collected--Switzerland. Sass Almagell. Lac Mattmark. 3 Jul 2016. DSC08449 (120).JPG

Aquilegia alpina, Not collected--Switzerland. Sass Almagell. Lac Mattmark. 3 Jul 2016. DSC08449 (120).JPG

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Aquilegia alpina, Not collected--Switzerland. Sass Almagell. Lac Mattmark. 3 Jul 2016. DSC08449 (125).JPG

Aquilegia alpina, Not collected--Switzerland. Sass Almagell. Lac Mattmark. 3 Jul 2016. DSC08449 (125).JPG

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Aquilegia alpina, Not collected--Switzerland. Sass Almagell. Lac Mattmark. 3 Jul 2016. DSC08449 (130).JPG

Aquilegia alpina, Not collected--Switzerland. Sass Almagell. Lac Mattmark. 3 Jul 2016. DSC08449 (130).JPG

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Aquilegia alpina, Not collected--Switzerland. Sass Almagell. Lac Mattmark. 3 Jul 2016. DSC08449 (116).JPG

Aquilegia alpina, Not collected--Switzerland. Sass Almagell. Lac Mattmark. 3 Jul 2016. DSC08449 (116).JPG

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Aquilegia alpina, Not collected--Switzerland. Sass Almagell. Lac Mattmark. 3 Jul 2016. DSC08449 (127).JPG

Aquilegia alpina, Not collected--Switzerland. Sass Almagell. Lac Mattmark. 3 Jul 2016. DSC08449 (127).JPG

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Aquilegia alpina, Not collected--Switzerland. Sass Almagell. Lac Mattmark. 3 Jul 2016. DSC08449 (115).JPG

Aquilegia alpina, Not collected--Switzerland. Sass Almagell. Lac Mattmark. 3 Jul 2016. DSC08449 (115).JPG

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Aquilegia alpina, Not collected--Switzerland. Sass Almagell. Lac Mattmark. 3 Jul 2016. DSC08449 (129).JPG

Aquilegia alpina, Not collected--Switzerland. Sass Almagell. Lac Mattmark. 3 Jul 2016. DSC08449 (129).JPG

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Aquilegia alpina, Not collected--Switzerland. Sass Almagell. Lac Mattmark. 3 Jul 2016. DSC08449 (123).JPG

Aquilegia alpina, Not collected--Switzerland. Sass Almagell. Lac Mattmark. 3 Jul 2016. DSC08449 (123).JPG

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Aquilegia alpina, Not collected--Switzerland. Sass Almagell. Lac Mattmark. 3 Jul 2016. DSC08449 (121).JPG

Aquilegia alpina, Not collected--Switzerland. Sass Almagell. Lac Mattmark. 3 Jul 2016. DSC08449 (121).JPG

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Native to Austria, France, Italy, Switzerland (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

Not collected

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

Ranunculales

Family

Ranunculaceae

Genus

Aquilegia

Specific Epithet

alpina

Authorship

L.

Taxonomic Opinions

GBIFWFOPOWO

Conservation (EDGE)

What is EDGE?

Evolutionary distinctiveness

Lower

ED 0.1

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

Threat status

Least Concern

IUCN Red List

EDGE score

0.0

Global rank

#329,024 of 335,497

Top 99%

Extinction probability

6%

Source: Flowering plants EDGE assessment →