Native to Arizona, California, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Northwest, Nevada, New Mexico, Texas, Utah (source: POWO). Flora of the World documents 2 occurrences across 1 country.
Location
United States, Arizona, Pima
32.076361, -110.647778
Location Remarks
East Old Spanish Trail highway c. 10.6 km E of junction with South Old Spanish Trail highway (E of Tucson). Acacia-Larrea woodland with Yucca schidigera, Opuntia, Carnegiea. 1031 m elev.
Collectors
Location
United States, Nevada, Nye
36.828028, -117.022083
Location Remarks
Beatty Rd. (Hwy 374) to Titus Canyon, ca. 9 miles W of Hwy 374 on Titus Canyon Rd. Elev. 1418 m.
Collectors
Christopher Davidson, Sharon R. Christoph, Charlotte M. Taylor
Notes
Creosote bush scrub.
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Class
Magnoliopsida
Order
Asterales
Family
Asteraceae
Genus
Rafinesquia
Specific Epithet
neomexicana
Authorship
A.Gray
What is EDGE?
Evolutionary distinctiveness
Lower
ED 0.9
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
#267,095 of 335,497
Top 80%
Extinction probability
11%