Native to Alberta, Arizona, British Columbia, California, Colorado, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, New Mexico, Oregon, Saskatchewan, Utah, Washington, Wyoming (source: POWO). Flora of the World documents 2 occurrences across 1 country.
Polygonum polygaloides
subsp. confertiflorum
Distribution from Plants of the World Online (POWO). View the accepted name on POWO
Identified as
Polygonum polygaloides subsp. confertiflorum
Location
United States, Idaho, Adams (New Meadows)
45.189778, -116.304556
Location Remarks
Hwy 55 along the Little Salmon River. Ca. 19 km S of Pollock. Coarse basalt gravel on roadside turnout above the river. 976 m elev.
Collectors
Location
United States, Oregon, Harney (Princeton)
42.666944, -118.711194
Location Remarks
South Steens Mountain Loop, c. 6 km east of bridge at Donner and Blitzen River. 1806 m elev.
Collectors
Christopher Davidson, Charlotte M. Taylor, Roy E. Gereau, Sharon R. Christoph
Notes
Boggy slope and meadow on the south side of the road. Mostly grasses and sedges. Open, dry patches in the meadow. Plants red-tinged, 5-8 cm tall.
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Class
Magnoliopsida
Order
Caryophyllales
Family
Polygonaceae
Genus
Polygonum
Specific Epithet
polygaloides
Authorship
Meisn.
What is EDGE?
Evolutionary distinctiveness
Lower
ED 1.2
Part of a well-represented branch of the plant tree of life, with many close relatives.
Threat status
Modelled estimate
EDGE score
0.1
Global rank
#251,188 of 335,497
Top 75%
Extinction probability
11%