Native to British Columbia, California, Idaho, Oregon, Washington (source: POWO). Flora of the World documents 2 occurrences across 1 country.
Location
United States, California, Mendocino
39.273056, -123.743333
Location Remarks
Van Damme State Park. Pygmy Forest. Off Highway 1, east of Little River.
Collectors
No collectors specified
Location
United States, Idaho, Benewah
47.3545, -116.376944
Location Remarks
Reeds Gulch Rd. to FSR 550, to the N of Calder-Avery Rd. (=NF 50). 9.8 km toward Baldy Peak. Elev. 1238 m.
Collectors
Christopher Davidson, Sharon R. Christoph
Notes
Shady slope in mixed conifer forest.
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Class
Liliopsida
Order
Asparagales
Family
Orchidaceae
Genus
Cephalanthera
Specific Epithet
austiniae
Authorship
(A.Gray) A.Heller
What is EDGE?
Evolutionary distinctiveness
Lower
ED 1.7
Part of a well-represented branch of the plant tree of life, with many close relatives.
Threat status
Modelled estimate
EDGE score
0.2
Global rank
#172,982 of 335,497
Top 52%
Extinction probability
11%