Intermountain Region Rare Plant Profiles
This list includes species proposed or listed as threatened or endangered (TEP) by the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service (USFWS), under the Endangered Species Act (ESA); and/or a plant must be ranked as Critically Imperiled by NatureServe; that is, ranked as G1 and/or T1 using NatureServe's ranking criteria; and, are known to currently exist in at least one location on national forests or national grasslands. About the Rare Plant Profiles…
States
- Nevada, Utah, and portions of California, Colorado, Idaho, and Wyoming
Threatened, Endangered, and Proposed (TEP) Plant Profiles
- Astragalus limnocharis var. montii, heliotrope milk-vetch (also known as, Astragalus montii)
- Erigeron maguirei, Maguire daisy
- Pediocactus despainii, San Rafael cactus
- Phacelia argillacea, clay phacelia
- Primula cusickiana var. maguirei, Maguire primrose (also known as, Primula maguirei)
- Spiranthes diluvialis, Ute ladies'-tresses
- Townsendia aprica, Last Chance townsendia
Critically Imperiled Plant Profiles
- Aliciella tenuis, Mussentuchit gilia
- Aquilegia flavescens var. rubicunda, Link Trail columbine
- Aquilegia grahamii, Graham's columbine
- Arabis falcatoria, Grouse Creek rockcress
- Arabis ophira, Ophir rockress
- Arabis rectissima var. simulans, bristlyleaf rockcress
- Astragalus iselyi, Isely's milkvetch
- Astragalus kelseyae, Kelsey milkvetch
- Astragalus limnocharis var. limnocharis, Navajo Lake milkvetch
- Astragalus loanus, Glenwood milkvetch
- Astragalus zionis var. vigulus, guard milkvetch
- Carex tiogana, Tioga Pass sedge
- Castilleja christii, Christ's Indian paintbrush
- Chrysothamnus parryi ssp. montanus, Centennial rabbitbrush
- Cymopterus beckii, pinnate spring-parsley
- Cymopterus goodrichii, Goodrich biscuitroot
- Dodecatheon dentatum ssp. utahense, Utah shooting-star
- Draba oreibata var. serpentina, serpentine draba
- Draba ramulosa, Mount Belknap draba
- Eriogonum douglasii var. elkoense, sunflower flat buckwheat
- Ipomopsis congesta var. nevadensis, Toiyabe gilia
- Lepidium montanum var. alpinum, alpine peppergrass
- Lesquerella hemiphysaria var. lucens, Range Creek bladderpod
- Lewisia maguirei, Maguire lewisia
- Lomatium latilobum, Canyonlands lomatium
- Mentzelia goodrichii, Goodrich's blazingstar
- Orthotrichum shevockii, Shevock rockmoss
- Orthotrichum spjutii, Spjut's bristle-moss
- Packera castoreus, Beaver Mountain groundsel
- Packera malmstenii, Podunk groundsel
- Penstemon navajoa, Navajo beardtongue
- Penstemon pinorum, pinyon penstemon
- Penstemon pudicus, bashful beardtongue
- Penstemon rhizomatosus, Rhizome beardtongue
- Physaria didymocarpa var. lyrata, Salmon twin bladderpod
- Physaria stylosa, Duchesne River twinpod
- Polemonium chartaceum, Mason’s skypilot
- Polemonium elusum, elusive Jacob's-ladder
- Potentilla angelliae, Angell cinquefoil
- Potentilla cottamii, Cottam's cinquefoil
- Potentilla johnstonii, sagebrush cinquefoil
- Primula capillaris, Ruby Mountain primrose
- Senecio fremontii var. inexpectatus, La Sal Mountains groundsel
- Senecio musiniensis, Musinea groundsel
- Stephanomeria minor var. uintaensis, Uinta slender wirelettuce
- Thelesperma caespitosum, Green River greenthread (also known as, Thelesperma pubescens var. caespitosum)
- Thelesperma pubescens, Uinta greenthread (also known as, Thelesperma pubescens var. pubescens)
- Tonestus kingii var. barnebyana, Barneby's rockaster
- Trifolium andinum var. podocephalum, Currant Summit clover
- Viola frank-smithii, Frank Smith's violet