Leontopodium alpinum, Not collected--Switzerland. Sass Almagell. Lac Mattmark. 3 Jul 2016. DSC08449 (104).JPG
Leontopodium alpinum, Not collected--Switzerland. Sass Almagell. Lac Mattmark. 3 Jul 2016. DSC08449 (108).JPG
Leontopodium alpinum, Not collected--Switzerland. Sass Almagell. Lac Mattmark. 3 Jul 2016. DSC08449 (103).JPG
Leontopodium alpinum, Not collected--Switzerland. Sass Almagell. Lac Mattmark. 3 Jul 2016. DSC08449 (110).JPG
Leontopodium alpinum, Not collected--Switzerland. Sass Almagell. Lac Mattmark. 3 Jul 2016. DSC08449 (109).JPG
Leontopodium alpinum, Not collected--Switzerland. Sass Almagell. Lac Mattmark. 3 Jul 2016. DSC08449 (107).JPG
Leontopodium alpinum, Not collected--Switzerland. Sass Almagell. Lac Mattmark. 3 Jul 2016. DSC08449 (106).JPG
Global range is not yet available in Plants of the World Online. Flora of the World documents 1 occurrence across 1 country.
subsp. alpinum
Identified as
Leontopodium nivale subsp. alpinum
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. Edelweiss is listed as Least Concern in Switzerland, although it is a protected species and is listed as threatened in some regions. GPS data withheld.
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Class
Magnoliopsida
Order
Asterales
Family
Asteraceae
Genus
Leontopodium
Specific Epithet
nivale
Authorship
(Ten.) A.Huet ex Hand.-Mazz.
What is EDGE?
Evolutionary distinctiveness
Lower
ED 0.5
Part of a well-represented branch of the plant tree of life, with many close relatives.
Threat status
Modelled estimate
EDGE score
0.0
Global rank
#303,331 of 335,497
Top 91%
Extinction probability
10%
