USDA Forest Service Celebrating Wildflowers
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Critically Imperiled Plant Profile
(Not Listed or Proposed under the Endangered Species Act)

Hess' fleabane is found only in the Gila Wilderness in southwestern New Mexico. Photo by Paul Knight, New Mexico Rare Plants.

Hess' fleabane grows in bedrock cracks of andesitic dikes in otherwise rhyolitic rock. Photo by U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, New Mexico Rare Plants.

Erigeron hessii range map.
Erigeron hessii, Hess' fleabane
Threats
- Trampling by hikers at one location that is scenic overlook
Conservation Status
National Forest and Grassland Occurrence
More Information
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U.S. Forest Service
Rangeland Management
Botany Program
1400 Independence Ave., SW, Mailstop Code: 1103
Washington DC 20250-1103

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Location: http://www.fs.fed.us/wildflowers/rareplants/profiles/critically_imperiled/erigeron_hessii/index.shtml
Last modified: Wednesday, 13-Oct-2010 14:35:36 EDT