Eriophyton wallichii, D. Boufford 44030--China. Sichuan. Litang Xian. 15 Aug 2017. DSC06139 (377).JPG
Eriophyton wallichii, D. Boufford 44030--China. Sichuan. Litang Xian. 15 Aug 2017. DSC06139 (386).JPG
Eriophyton wallichii, D. Boufford 44030--China. Sichuan. Litang Xian. 15 Aug 2017. DSC06139 (391).JPG
Eriophyton wallichii, D. Boufford 44030--China. Sichuan. Litang Xian. 15 Aug 2017. DSC06139 (379).JPG
Eriophyton wallichii, D. Boufford 44030--China. Sichuan. Litang Xian. 15 Aug 2017. DSC06139 (383).JPG
Eriophyton wallichii, D. Boufford 44030--China. Sichuan. Litang Xian. 15 Aug 2017. DSC06139 (389).JPG
Eriophyton wallichii, D. Boufford 44030--China. Sichuan. Litang Xian. 15 Aug 2017. DSC06139 (394).JPG
Eriophyton wallichii, D. Boufford 44030--China. Sichuan. Litang Xian. 15 Aug 2017. DSC06139 (392).JPG
Eriophyton wallichii, D. Boufford 44030--China. Sichuan. Litang Xian. 15 Aug 2017. DSC06139 (387).JPG
Eriophyton wallichii, D. Boufford 44030--China. Sichuan. Litang Xian. 15 Aug 2017. DSC06139 (388).JPG
Eriophyton wallichii, D. Boufford 44030--China. Sichuan. Litang Xian. 15 Aug 2017. DSC06139 (378).JPG
Eriophyton wallichii, D. Boufford 44030--China. Sichuan. Litang Xian. 15 Aug 2017. DSC06139 (385).JPG
Eriophyton wallichii, D. Boufford 44030--China. Sichuan. Litang Xian. 15 Aug 2017. DSC06139 (393).JPG
Eriophyton wallichii, D. Boufford 44030--China. Sichuan. Litang Xian. 15 Aug 2017. DSC06139 (390).JPG
Eriophyton wallichii, D. Boufford 44030--China. Sichuan. Litang Xian. 15 Aug 2017. DSC06139 (382).JPG
Eriophyton wallichii, D. Boufford 44030--China. Sichuan. Litang Xian. 15 Aug 2017. DSC06139 (381).JPG
Eriophyton wallichii, D. Boufford 44030--China. Sichuan. Litang Xian. 15 Aug 2017. DSC06139 (384).JPG
Native to China South-Central, East Himalaya, Nepal, Qinghai, Tibet, West Himalaya (source: POWO). Flora of the World documents 1 occurrence across 1 country.
Location
China, Sichuan, Litang Xian. (Ganzi Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, Litang County)
30.181111, 99.978056
Location Remarks
Ca. 40 km west of Litang on road (Highway G318) from Litang to Batang. Mountains with coarse sand slopes on north side of highway, heavily grazed meadows, thickets of dwarf Rhododendron (mostly <1 m tall, but some plants to 1.5 m), Caragana, Salix and Lonicera thickets and coarse, granitic sand scree slopes. 4100-4400 m.
Collectors
David E. Boufford, Sharon R. Christoph, Christopher Davidson, Xin-Hui Ll, Tao Yang
Notes
On coarse granite-derived sand slope. Corolla grayish white.
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Class
Magnoliopsida
Order
Lamiales
Family
Lamiaceae
Genus
Eriophyton
Specific Epithet
wallichii
Authorship
Benth.
What is EDGE?
Evolutionary distinctiveness
Lower
ED 3.9
Part of a well-represented branch of the plant tree of life, with many close relatives.
Threat status
Modelled estimate
EDGE score
0.3
Global rank
#137,800 of 335,497
Top 42%
Extinction probability
10%
