Native to Idaho, Oregon, Utah, Washington, Wyoming (source: POWO). Flora of the World documents 2 occurrences across 1 country.
Abronia mellifera
var. pahoveorum
Distribution from Plants of the World Online (POWO). View the accepted name on POWO
Location
United States, Idaho, Owyhee (Hammett)
42.904333, -115.692611
Location Remarks
Bruneau Canyon Scenic Overlook, 25 km south of Bruneau (ssmall town) on Hot Springs Rd., then 5 km west on unnamed road (Scenic overlook sign) to the canyon rim. 2240 m elev.
Collectors
Christopher Davidson, Sven Buerki
Notes
Sandy depression in sagebrush steppe.
Identified as
Abronia mellifera var. pahoveorum
Location
United States, Idaho, Ada (Kuna)
43.512806, -116.3565
Location Remarks
Roadside weed adjacent to a grassy pasture. "Barber Park" area east of Boise on Highway 21.
Collectors
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Class
Magnoliopsida
Order
Caryophyllales
Family
Nyctaginaceae
Genus
Abronia
Specific Epithet
mellifera
Authorship
Douglas
What is EDGE?
Evolutionary distinctiveness
Lower
ED 0.5
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
#287,310 of 335,497
Top 86%
Extinction probability
12%