Polyblastia ventosa Arnold nom.illeg. non A. Massal.
Lichenised.
Substrate: calciferous rocks
Altitudinal range: from the subalpine belt (potential vegetation: open, taiga-like forests dominated by Larix decidua and/or Pinus cembra and Rhododendron) to the alpine belt (potential vegetation: treeless Alpine grasslands and tundras, to the lower limit of perennial snow and the equilibrium line of glaciers)
Note: on limestone and dolomite in rather exposed situations, with optimum above treeline.
Austria: ?Vorarlberg; Tirol; Salzburg; Kärnten; Steiermark; Oberösterreich; France: Alpes-de-Haute-Provence; Haute-Alpes; Alpes-Maritimes; Isère; Savoie; Haute-Savoie; Italy: Friuli; Veneto; Trentino Alto Adige; Lombardia; Piemonte;