Arenaria brevipetala, D. Boufford 44036--China. Sichuan. Litang Xian. 15 Aug 2017. DSC06139 (145).JPG
Arenaria brevipetala, D. Boufford 44036--China. Sichuan. Litang Xian. 15 Aug 2017. DSC06139 (155).JPG
Arenaria brevipetala, D. Boufford 44036--China. Sichuan. Litang Xian. 15 Aug 2017. DSC06139 (150).JPG
Arenaria brevipetala, D. Boufford 44036--China. Sichuan. Litang Xian. 15 Aug 2017. DSC06139 (149).JPG
Arenaria brevipetala, D. Boufford 44036--China. Sichuan. Litang Xian. 15 Aug 2017. DSC06139 (147).JPG
Arenaria brevipetala, D. Boufford 44036--China. Sichuan. Litang Xian. 15 Aug 2017. DSC06139 (142).JPG
Arenaria brevipetala, D. Boufford 44036--China. Sichuan. Litang Xian. 15 Aug 2017. DSC06139 (143).JPG
Arenaria brevipetala, D. Boufford 44036--China. Sichuan. Litang Xian. 15 Aug 2017. DSC06139 (159).JPG
Arenaria brevipetala, D. Boufford 44036--China. Sichuan. Litang Xian. 15 Aug 2017. DSC06139 (146).JPG
Arenaria brevipetala, D. Boufford 44036--China. Sichuan. Litang Xian. 15 Aug 2017. DSC06139 (148).JPG
Arenaria brevipetala, D. Boufford 44036--China. Sichuan. Litang Xian. 15 Aug 2017. DSC06139 (157).JPG
Arenaria brevipetala, D. Boufford 44036--China. Sichuan. Litang Xian. 15 Aug 2017. DSC06139 (144).JPG
Arenaria brevipetala, D. Boufford 44036--China. Sichuan. Litang Xian. 15 Aug 2017. DSC06139 (158).JPG
Arenaria brevipetala, D. Boufford 44036--China. Sichuan. Litang Xian. 15 Aug 2017. DSC06139 (156).JPG
Arenaria brevipetala, D. Boufford 44036--China. Sichuan. Litang Xian. 15 Aug 2017. DSC06139 (154).JPG
Arenaria brevipetala, D. Boufford 44036--China. Sichuan. Litang Xian. 15 Aug 2017. DSC06139 (153).JPG
Arenaria brevipetala, D. Boufford 44036--China. Sichuan. Litang Xian. 15 Aug 2017. DSC06139 (152).JPG
Arenaria brevipetala, D. Boufford 44036--China. Sichuan. Litang Xian. 15 Aug 2017. DSC06139 (160).JPG
Arenaria brevipetala, D. Boufford 44036--China. Sichuan. Litang Xian. 15 Aug 2017. DSC06139 (151).JPG
Global range is not yet available in Plants of the World Online. 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 exposed coarse gravel on slopes. Cushion forming; sepals green; petals white.
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Class
Magnoliopsida
Order
Caryophyllales
Family
Caryophyllaceae
Genus
Eremogone
Specific Epithet
brevipetala
Authorship
(Tsui & L.H.Zhou) Sadeghian & Zarre
What is EDGE?
Evolutionary distinctiveness
Moderate
ED 17.8
Moderately distinct — it has closer living relatives than the most isolated species.
Threat status
Modelled estimate
EDGE score
1.1
Global rank
#36,004 of 335,497
Top 11%
Extinction probability
11%
GBIF Backbone Taxonomy
