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.

Distribution

Distribution from Plants of the World Online (POWO). View the accepted name on POWO

Occurrences

Davidson, C 13299

July 3, 2016

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.

Classification

Kingdom

Plantae

Phylum

Tracheophyta

Class

Magnoliopsida

Order

Fabales

Family

Fabaceae

Genus

Astragalus

Specific Epithet

alpinus

Authorship

Taxonomic Opinions

GBIF WFO POWO

Conservation (EDGE)

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

Predicted not threatened

Modelled estimate

EDGE score

0.0

Global rank

#321,865 of 335,497

Top 96%

Extinction probability

11%

Source: Flowering plants EDGE assessment →