Native to Alberta, British Columbia, California, Colorado, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, Oregon, South Dakota, Utah, Washington, Wyoming (source: POWO). Flora of the World documents 3 occurrences across 1 country.
Location
United States, Idaho, Adams (New Meadows)
45.189778, -116.304556
Location Remarks
Hwy 55 along the Little Salmon River. Ca. 19 km S of Pollock. Coarse basalt gravel on roadside turnout above the river. 976 m elev.
Collectors
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
Christopher Davidson, Sharon R. Christoph
Notes
Mixed conifer forest: spruce, fir, doug fir, lodgepole.
Location
United States, Idaho, Boise (Lowman)
44.083139, -115.754194
Location Remarks
Ca. 4.2 km N of Banks-Lowman Rd (Hwy 17) on Scott Mtn Lookout Rd. (FSR 555BC). Elev. 1170 m.
Collectors
Notes
Narrow runoff channel on steep, rocky W slope above (E of) Big Pine Cr. with Prunus, Rosa, Balsamorhiza.
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Class
Magnoliopsida
Order
Asterales
Family
Asteraceae
Genus
Microseris
Specific Epithet
nutans
Authorship
(Hook.) Sch.Bip.
What is EDGE?
Evolutionary distinctiveness
Lower
ED 0.1
Part of a well-represented branch of the plant tree of life, with many close relatives.
Threat status
Modelled estimate
EDGE score
0.0
Global rank
#326,653 of 335,497
Top 98%
Extinction probability
12%