Native to Albania, Austria, Baltic States, Belarus, Bulgaria, Czechia-Slovakia, France, Germany, Greece, Iran, Italy, North European Russia, Northwest European Russia, NW. Balkan Pen., Poland, Romania, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Türkiye, Ukraine; extinct in Denmark (source: POWO). Flora of the World documents 1 occurrence across 1 country.
Location
Switzerland, Le Chenit
46.563889, 6.241444
Location Remarks
Rte de Marchairuz, c. 9.2 km north of St. George. North side of Col de Marchairuz. Grande Rolat Forest. 1312 m elev.
Collectors
Christopher Davidson, Beat Bäumler, Martin W. Callmander, Sven Buerki, Sharon R. Christoph
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Class
Magnoliopsida
Order
Santalales
Family
Thesiaceae
Genus
Thesium
Specific Epithet
alpinum
Authorship
L.
What is EDGE?
Evolutionary distinctiveness
Lower
ED 8.6
Part of a well-represented branch of the plant tree of life, with many close relatives.
Threat status
Modelled estimate
EDGE score
0.7
Global rank
#64,722 of 335,497
Top 20%
Extinction probability
11%