Rocky Mountain 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

• Colorado, Kansas, Nebraska, and portions of South Dakota and Wyoming

Threatened, Endangered, and Proposed (TEP) Plant Profiles

• Eutrema penlandii, Penland’s alpine fen mustard
• Penstemon haydenii, blowout beardtongue
• Sclerocactus glaucus, Uinta Basin hookless cactus

Critically Imperiled Plant Profiles

• Aliciella sedifolia, stonecrop gilia
• Astragalus missouriensis var. humistratus, Missouri milkvetch
• Descurainia torulosa, Wyoming tansymustard
• Mimulus gemmiparus, Rocky Mountain monkeyflower
• Oreoxis humilis, Rocky Mountain alpineparsley
• Physaria pulvinata (no common name)
• Pyrrocoma clementis var. villosa, tranquil goldenweed