Oreocarya interrupta Greene belongs to the Boraginaceae family. Flora of the World contains 1 recorded occurrence of this taxon, distributed across 1 country.
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Class
Magnoliopsida
Order
Boraginales
Family
Boraginaceae
Genus
Oreocarya
Specific Epithet
interrupta
Authorship
Greene
What is EDGE?
Evolutionary distinctiveness
Lower
ED 1.4
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
#211,888 of 335,497
Top 64%
Extinction probability
12%
GBIF Backbone Taxonomy
Location
United States, Idaho, Butte
43.961722, -112.750611
Location Remarks
On Hwy 22 W of Dubois and 3.5 km W of Hwy 28 junction. Elev. 1557 m. (Close to Butte/Clark Co. line.)
Collectors
Christopher Davidson, Sharon R. Christoph
Notes
Crevices in open basalt flow.