Native to 32 botanical countries across Europe, Temperate Asia, and Tropical Asia; extinct in Great Britain (source: POWO). Flora of the World documents 1 occurrence across 1 country.
Location
Switzerland, Canton Valais, Obergoms
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, Sven Buerki, Beat Bäumler, Sharon R. Christoph
Notes
Rocky, roadside meadow. Rock crevices.
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Class
Magnoliopsida
Order
Lamiales
Family
Lentibulariaceae
Genus
Pinguicula
Specific Epithet
alpina
Authorship
L.
What is EDGE?
Evolutionary distinctiveness
Lower
ED 7.8
Part of a well-represented branch of the plant tree of life, with many close relatives.
Threat status
Modelled estimate
EDGE score
0.8
Global rank
#57,908 of 335,497
Top 18%
Extinction probability
11%