Native to California, Mexico Northwest, Nevada (source: POWO). Flora of the World documents 1 occurrence across 1 country.
Location
United States, California, Inyo
37.172528, -118.2165
Location Remarks
North Death Valley Rd. ca. 5 km E of junction of Hwy 168 and Waucoba-Eureka Rd. Elev. 1242 m.
Collectors
Christopher Davidson, Sharon R. Christoph, Charlotte M. Taylor
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Class
Magnoliopsida
Order
Ericales
Family
Polemoniaceae
Genus
Loeseliastrum
Specific Epithet
matthewsii
Authorship
(A.Gray) Timbrook
What is EDGE?
Evolutionary distinctiveness
Lower
ED 1.9
Part of a well-represented branch of the plant tree of life, with many close relatives.
Threat status
Modelled estimate
EDGE score
0.2
Global rank
#210,823 of 335,497
Top 63%
Extinction probability
11%