Astragalus alpinus, Davidson, C 13299--Switzerland. Sass Almagell. Lac Mattmark. 3 Jul 2016. DSC08449 (454).JPG
Astragalus alpinus, Davidson, C 13299--Switzerland. Sass Almagell. Lac Mattmark. 3 Jul 2016. DSC08449 (469).JPG
Astragalus alpinus, Davidson, C 13299--Switzerland. Sass Almagell. Lac Mattmark. 3 Jul 2016. DSC08449 (450).JPG
Astragalus alpinus, Davidson, C 13299--Switzerland. Sass Almagell. Lac Mattmark. 3 Jul 2016. DSC08449 (461).JPG
Astragalus alpinus, Davidson, C 13299--Switzerland. Sass Almagell. Lac Mattmark. 3 Jul 2016. DSC08449 (446).JPG
Astragalus alpinus, Davidson, C 13299--Switzerland. Sass Almagell. Lac Mattmark. 3 Jul 2016. DSC08449 (440).JPG
Astragalus alpinus, Davidson, C 13299--Switzerland. Sass Almagell. Lac Mattmark. 3 Jul 2016. DSC08449 (443).JPG
Astragalus alpinus, Davidson, C 13299--Switzerland. Sass Almagell. Lac Mattmark. 3 Jul 2016. DSC08449 (445).JPG
Astragalus alpinus, Davidson, C 13299--Switzerland. Sass Almagell. Lac Mattmark. 3 Jul 2016. DSC08449 (452).JPG
Astragalus alpinus, Davidson, C 13299--Switzerland. Sass Almagell. Lac Mattmark. 3 Jul 2016. DSC08449 (465).JPG
Astragalus alpinus, Davidson, C 13299--Switzerland. Sass Almagell. Lac Mattmark. 3 Jul 2016. DSC08449 (447).JPG
Astragalus alpinus, Davidson, C 13299--Switzerland. Sass Almagell. Lac Mattmark. 3 Jul 2016. DSC08449 (466).JPG
Astragalus alpinus, Davidson, C 13299--Switzerland. Sass Almagell. Lac Mattmark. 3 Jul 2016. DSC08449 (441).JPG
Astragalus alpinus, Davidson, C 13299--Switzerland. Sass Almagell. Lac Mattmark. 3 Jul 2016. DSC08449 (468).JPG
Astragalus alpinus, Davidson, C 13299--Switzerland. Sass Almagell. Lac Mattmark. 3 Jul 2016. DSC08449 (439).JPG
Astragalus alpinus, Davidson, C 13299--Switzerland. Sass Almagell. Lac Mattmark. 3 Jul 2016. DSC08449 (457).JPG
Astragalus alpinus, Davidson, C 13299--Switzerland. Sass Almagell. Lac Mattmark. 3 Jul 2016. DSC08449 (442).JPG
Astragalus alpinus, Davidson, C 13299--Switzerland. Sass Almagell. Lac Mattmark. 3 Jul 2016. DSC08449 (458).JPG
Astragalus alpinus, Davidson, C 13299--Switzerland. Sass Almagell. Lac Mattmark. 3 Jul 2016. DSC08449 (455).JPG
Astragalus alpinus, Davidson, C 13299--Switzerland. Sass Almagell. Lac Mattmark. 3 Jul 2016. DSC08449 (449).JPG
Astragalus alpinus, Davidson, C 13299--Switzerland. Sass Almagell. Lac Mattmark. 3 Jul 2016. DSC08449 (456).JPG
Astragalus alpinus, Davidson, C 13299--Switzerland. Sass Almagell. Lac Mattmark. 3 Jul 2016. DSC08449 (460).JPG
Native to 65 botanical countries across Europe, Temperate Asia, Tropical Asia, and Northern America (source: POWO). Flora of the World documents 1 occurrence across 1 country.
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.
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Class
Magnoliopsida
Order
Fabales
Family
Fabaceae
Genus
Astragalus
Specific Epithet
alpinus
Authorship
L.
What is EDGE?
Evolutionary distinctiveness
Lower
ED 0.2
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
#321,865 of 335,497
Top 96%
Extinction probability
11%
