Southwestern 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
- Arizona, New Mexico
Threatened, Endangered, and Proposed (TEP) Plant Profiles
- Argemone pleiacantha ssp. pinnatisecta, Sacramento prickly poppy
- Cirsium vinaceum, Sacramento Mountains thistle
- Coryphantha robustispina var. robustispina, Pima pineapple cactus (also known as, Coryphantha scheeri var. robustispina)
- Echinocereus coccineus var. arizonicus, Arizona hedgehog cactus (also known as, Echinocereus triglochidiatus var. arizonicus)
- Echinocereus fendleri var. kuenzleri, Kuenzler hedgehog cactus
- Erigeron rhizomatus, Zuni fleabane
- Hedeoma todsenii, Todsen’s pennyroyal
- Ipomopsis sancti-spiritus, Holy Ghost ipomopsis
- Lilaeopsis schaffneriana var. recurva, Huachuca water umbel
- Packera franciscana, San Francisco Peaks groundsel (also known as, Senecio franciscanus)
- Purshia subintegra, Arizona cliffrose (also known as, Cowania subintegra)
- Spiranthes delitescens, Canelo Hills ladies'-tresses
Critically Imperiled Plant Profiles
- Agave phillipsiana, Grand Canyon century plant
- Amoreuxia gonzalezii, Santa Rita mountain yellowshow
- Arabis tricornuta, Rincon Mountain rockcress
- Astragalus cremnophylax var. myriorrhaphis, cliff milkvetch
- Astragalus hypoxylus, Huachuca Mountain milkvetch
- Astragalus missouriensis var. humistratus, Missouri milkvetch
- Cirsium parryi ssp. mogollonicum, Mogollon thistle
- Dalea tentaculoides, Gentry's indigo bush
- Erigeron heliographis, Heliograph Peak fleabane
- Erigeron hessii, Hess' fleabane
- Erigeron kuschei, Chiricahua fleabane
- Erigeron piscaticus, Fish Creek fleabane
- Eriogonum heermannii var. apachense, Apache buckwheat
- Lotus mearnsii var. equisolensis, Mearn's bird's-foot trefoil
- Mentzelia springeri, Santa Fe blazingstar
- Penstemon metcalfei, Metcalfe's beardtongue
- Perityle saxicola, Roosevelt Dam rockdaisy
- Physalis latiphysa, broadleaf groundcherry
- Rhodiola integrifolia ssp. neomexicana, New Mexican stonecrop
- Sophora gypsophila var. guadalupensis, Guadalupe Mountain necklacepod
- Stellaria porsildii, Porsild's starwort