Native to Austria, Bulgaria, Czechia-Slovakia, Finland, France, Germany, Great Britain, Greenland, Iceland, Italy, Labrador, Newfoundland, North European Russia, Northwest Territories, Norway, Nunavut, NW. Balkan Pen., Ontario, Poland, Québec, Romania, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Ukraine, West Siberia (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 13225

July 1, 2016

Location

Switzerland, Canton Valais, Obergoms (Oberwald)

46.537611, 8.356306

Location Remarks

Furkastrasse (Hwy 19), campsite just north of Oberwald village, along Rhone River. 1380 m elev.

Collectors

Christopher Davidson, Beat Bäumler, Martin W. Callmander, Sven Buerki, Sharon R. Christoph

Notes

Exposed rocky, alpine meadowland on steep to gentle slopes above the pass.

Classification

Kingdom

Plantae

Phylum

Tracheophyta

Class

Magnoliopsida

Order

Lamiales

Family

Orobanchaceae

Genus

Bartsia

Specific Epithet

alpina

Authorship

Taxonomic Opinions

GBIF WFO POWO

Conservation (EDGE)

What is EDGE?

Evolutionary distinctiveness

Moderate

ED 16.6

Moderately distinct — it has closer living relatives than the most isolated species.

Threat status

Predicted not threatened

Modelled estimate

EDGE score

1.7

Global rank

#19,139 of 335,497

Top 6%

Extinction probability

11%

Source: Flowering plants EDGE assessment →