Native to Altay, Amur, Austria, Buryatiya, China South-Central, Chita, Czechia-Slovakia, East European Russia, Finland, France, Germany, Irkutsk, Italy, Kamchatka, Kazakhstan, Khabarovsk, Krasnoyarsk, Kuril Is., Magadan, Mongolia, North European Russia, Norway, Poland, Romania, Sweden, Switzerland, Tuva, West Siberia, Xinjiang, Yakutiya (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 13297

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. By a large waterfall.

Classification

Kingdom

Plantae

Phylum

Tracheophyta

Class

Magnoliopsida

Order

Fabales

Family

Fabaceae

Genus

Astragalus

Specific Epithet

frigidus

Authorship

(L.) A.Gray

Taxonomic Opinions

GBIF WFO POWO

Conservation (EDGE)

What is EDGE?

Evolutionary distinctiveness

Lower

ED 2.9

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

0.3

Global rank

#170,627 of 335,497

Top 51%

Extinction probability

10%

Source: Flowering plants EDGE assessment →