Hesperochiron pumilus, C. Davidson 11439--Idaho. Valley Co. Payette Lake. Sylvan Beach. 7 June 2009. 075.jpg
Native to Arizona, British Columbia, California, Colorado, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, Oregon, Utah, Washington, Wyoming (source: POWO). Flora of the World documents 3 occurrences across 1 country.
Location
United States, Idaho, Valley (Cascade)
44.158, -116.118361
Location Remarks
Highway 55 c. 10 km north of the bridge at Banks. Mixed conifer forest along the N. Fork Payette River.
Collectors
Location
United States, Idaho, Boise (Lowman)
44.083139, -115.754194
Location Remarks
Ca. 4.2 km N of Banks-Lowman Rd (Hwy 17) on Scott Mtn Lookout Rd. (FSR 555BC). Elev. 1170 m.
Collectors
No collectors specified
Location
United States, Idaho, Blaine (Bellevue)
43.34475, -114.382972
Location Remarks
Rock Creek Ranch, a Nature Conservancy reserve. Main access road ca. 1 km north of Hwy 20. 1494 m elev.
Collectors
Christopher Davidson, Sharon R. Christoph
Notes
Intermountain steppe with Purshia, Artemisia, Eriogonum spp., Balsamorhiza spp. Seasonal runoff channel still with a trickle of flowing water.
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Class
Magnoliopsida
Order
Boraginales
Family
Hydrophyllaceae
Genus
Hesperochiron
Specific Epithet
pumilus
Authorship
(Griseb.) Porter
What is EDGE?
Evolutionary distinctiveness
Lower
ED 8.5
Part of a well-represented branch of the plant tree of life, with many close relatives.
Threat status
Modelled estimate
EDGE score
1.0
Global rank
#41,631 of 335,497
Top 13%
Extinction probability
12%
