Native to Albania, Austria, Bulgaria, Corse, Czechia-Slovakia, France, Germany, Greece, Italy, NW. Balkan Pen., Poland, Romania, Sardegna, Spain, Switzerland, Türkiye, Ukraine (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

Davidson, C 13215

June 30, 2016

Location

Switzerland, Canton Bern, Guttannen

46.596556, 8.325944

Location Remarks

Highway 6, S of Handegg; 5 km N of Grimsel Pass. Kunzentannlein hiking area. 1596 m elev. and above.

Collectors

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

Notes

High meadowland amid glacially scoured granite, mostly on steep slopes. Aare River drainage.

Classification

Kingdom

Plantae

Phylum

Tracheophyta

Class

Magnoliopsida

Order

Saxifragales

Family

Crassulaceae

Genus

Sedum

Specific Epithet

alpestre

Authorship

Vill.

Taxonomic Opinions

GBIF WFO POWO

Conservation (EDGE)

What is EDGE?

Evolutionary distinctiveness

Lower

ED 0.6

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

0.1

Global rank

#296,352 of 335,497

Top 89%

Extinction probability

Source: Flowering plants EDGE assessment →