Native to Alberta, British Columbia, California, Idaho, Montana, Oregon, Washington, Wyoming (source: POWO). Flora of the World documents 2 occurrences across 1 country.

Distribution

Distribution from Plants of the World Online (POWO). View the accepted name on POWO

Occurrences

Not collected

July 18, 2008

Location

United States, Idaho, Idaho (McCall)

45.244, -115.588639

Location Remarks

1.9 km N of Warren Summit on FSR 340, at Mayflower Creek Bridge. Elev. 1904 m.

Collectors

No collectors specified

Davidson, C 11076

June 15, 2007

Location

United States, Idaho, Valley (Cascade)

44.158, -116.118361

Location Remarks

Highway 55 c. 10 km north of the bridge at Banks. Mixed conifer forest along the N. Fork Payette River.

Collectors

Christopher Davidson

Classification

Kingdom

Plantae

Phylum

Tracheophyta

Class

Liliopsida

Order

Liliales

Family

Melanthiaceae

Genus

Xerophyllum

Specific Epithet

tenax

Authorship

(Pursh) Nutt.

Taxonomic Opinions

GBIF WFO POWO

Conservation (EDGE)

What is EDGE?

Evolutionary distinctiveness

Lower

ED 8.3

Part of a well-represented branch of the plant tree of life, with many close relatives.

Threat status

Predicted not threatened

Modelled estimate

EDGE score

0.8

Global rank

#55,850 of 335,497

Top 17%

Extinction probability

10%

Source: Flowering plants EDGE assessment →