Rosa pendulina, Davidson, C 13265--Switzerland. Oberwald. Chapel St. Nikolas. 2 Jul 2016. DSC07728 (741).JPG
Native to Albania, Austria, Bulgaria, Czechia-Slovakia, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Italy, Kazakhstan, NW. Balkan Pen., Poland, Romania, Spain, Switzerland, Ukraine; introduced into Baltic States, Belgium, Central European Russia, Northwest European Russia, South European Russia (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, Beat Bäumler, Sven Buerki, Sharon R. Christoph
Notes
Alpine meadow on a gentle slope with boggy areas.
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Class
Magnoliopsida
Order
Rosales
Family
Rosaceae
Genus
Rosa
Specific Epithet
pendulina
Authorship
L.
What is EDGE?
Evolutionary distinctiveness
Moderate
ED 14.1
Moderately distinct — it has closer living relatives than the most isolated species.
Threat status
IUCN Red List
EDGE score
0.6
Global rank
#77,833 of 335,497
Top 24%
Extinction probability
5%
