Astragalus frigidus, Davidson, C 13297--Switzerland. Sass Almagell. Lac Mattmark. 3 Jul 2016. DSC08449 (411).JPG
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.
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Class
Magnoliopsida
Order
Fabales
Family
Fabaceae
Genus
Astragalus
Specific Epithet
frigidus
Authorship
(L.) A.Gray
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
Modelled estimate
EDGE score
0.3
Global rank
#170,627 of 335,497
Top 51%
Extinction probability
10%
Location
Switzerland, Canton Valais, 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.
