Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Class
Magnoliopsida
Order
Asterales
Family
Asteraceae
Genus
Hecastocleis
Specific Epithet
shockleyi
Authorship
A.Gray
What is EDGE?
Evolutionary distinctiveness
Moderate
ED 20.6
Moderately distinct — it has closer living relatives than the most isolated species.
Threat status
Modelled estimate
EDGE score
2.1
Global rank
#13,688 of 335,497
Top 5%
Extinction probability
11%
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.