Floerkea proserpinacoides, C. Davidson 11415--Idaho. Adams Co. Smokey Boulder Rd. 6 June 2009. 107.jpg
Native to 36 botanical countries across Northern America (source: POWO). Flora of the World documents 4 occurrences across 1 country.
Location
United States, Idaho, Adams
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, Oregon, Harney
42.666944, -118.711194
Location Remarks
South Steens Mountain Loop, c. 6 km east of bridge at Donner and Blitzen River. 1806 m elev.
Collectors
Christopher Davidson, Charlotte M. Taylor, Roy E. Gereau, Sharon R. Christoph
Notes
Mossy, seasonal streamlet along the roadside; within sagebrush steppe and patchy juniper.
Location
United States, Idaho, Elmore
43.547472, -115.785944
Location Remarks
Black's Creek Road, 15.7 mi SW of Prairie
Collectors
No collectors specified
Location
United States, Idaho, Blaine
43.34475, -114.382972
Location Remarks
Rock Creek Ranch, a Nature Conservancy reserve. Main access road ca. 1 km north of Hwy 20. 1494 m elev.
Collectors
Christopher Davidson, Sharon R. Christoph, Clark Shafer
Notes
Intermountain steppe with Purshia, Artemisia, Eriogonum spp., Balsamorhiza spp. Dappled sun/shade close to the creek.
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Class
Magnoliopsida
Order
Brassicales
Family
Limnanthaceae
Genus
Floerkea
Specific Epithet
proserpinacoides
Authorship
Willd.
What is EDGE?
Evolutionary distinctiveness
High
ED 48.9
Sits on a long, isolated branch of the plant tree of life, with relatively few close relatives.
Threat status
Modelled estimate
EDGE score
5.4
Global rank
#2,846 of 335,497
Top 0.9%
Extinction probability
11%
