Geocaulon lividum (Richardson) Fernald belongs to the Comandraceae family. Flora of the World contains 1 recorded occurrence of this taxon, distributed across 1 country.
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Class
Magnoliopsida
Order
Santalales
Family
Comandraceae
Genus
Geocaulon
Specific Epithet
lividum
Authorship
(Richardson) Fernald
Source
GBIF Backbone Taxonomy
What is EDGE?
Evolutionary distinctiveness
Moderate
ED 22.8
Moderately distinct — it has closer living relatives than the most isolated species.
Threat status
IUCN Red List
EDGE score
1.1
Global rank
#37,299 of 335,497
Top 12%
Extinction probability
6%
Location
United States, Washington, Pend Oreille
48.727694, -117.550389
Location Remarks
Near east shore of Big Meadow Lake. Elev. 1050 m.
Collectors
Notes
In shaded forest understory, gentle west slope; with Larix occidentalis, Abies grandis, Rosa gymnocarpa, Vaccinium scoparium, Linnaea, Achillea, Lycopodium annotinum, Chinmaphila umbellata. Fruit orange, globose, 8-10 millimeter diameter, 1-seeded.