Native to Arizona, California, Mexico Central, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Northwest, Mexico Southwest, Nevada, New Mexico, Texas, Utah (source: POWO). Flora of the World documents 2 occurrences across 1 country.
Location
United States, Arizona, Cochise (Elfrida)
31.741917, -109.463222
Location Remarks
Coronado National Forest. North Rucker Canyon Road c. 6 km west of junction FSR 74-FSR74E. Oak-juniper woodland. 1539 m elev.
Collectors
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 flats above the low-lying places in sagebrush steppe.
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Class
Magnoliopsida
Order
Boraginales
Family
Ehretiaceae
Genus
Tiquilia
Specific Epithet
canescens
Authorship
(DC.) A.T.Richardson
What is EDGE?
Evolutionary distinctiveness
Moderate
ED 11.0
Moderately distinct — it has closer living relatives than the most isolated species.
Threat status
Modelled estimate
EDGE score
1.1
Global rank
#38,290 of 335,497
Top 12%
Extinction probability
10%