Native to California, Idaho, Nevada, Oregon, Washington (source: POWO). Flora of the World documents 1 occurrence across 1 country.
Location
United States, California, Modoc
41.560389, -120.291556
Location Remarks
Warner Mts. On Hwy 299 to Cedarville. Ca. 6.8 km east of junction with Hwy 395 north (N of Alturas). Elev. 1819 m.
Collectors
Christopher Davidson, Sharon R. Christoph
Notes
By a small stock watering pond lined with Typha. Artemisia steppe/juniper woodland.
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Class
Magnoliopsida
Order
Asterales
Family
Asteraceae
Genus
Rigiopappus
Specific Epithet
leptocladus
Authorship
A.Gray
What is EDGE?
Evolutionary distinctiveness
Lower
ED 0.7
Part of a well-represented branch of the plant tree of life, with many close relatives.
Threat status
Modelled estimate
EDGE score
0.1
Global rank
#278,541 of 335,497
Top 84%
Extinction probability
11%