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Muilla coronata

Greene

Pigmy Muilla

G3Vulnerable Found in 12 roadless areas NatureServe Explorer →
G3VulnerableGlobal Rank
Identity
Unique IDELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.143858
Element CodePMLIL1H020
Record TypeSPECIES
ClassificationSpecies
Classification StatusStandard
Name CategoryVascular Plant
Endemicendemic to a single nation
KingdomPlantae
PhylumAnthophyta
ClassMonocotyledoneae
OrderAsparagales
FamilyAsparagaceae
GenusMuilla
Concept Reference
Kartesz, J.T. 1994. A synonymized checklist of the vascular flora of the United States, Canada, and Greenland. 2nd edition. 2 vols. Timber Press, Portland, OR.
Conservation Status
Review Date2000-06-12
Change Date1999-10-08
Edition Date1989-01-18
Edition AuthorsRusso, Mary (TNC-WRO, 01/1989); revised by Jennifer Snyder (06/1995)
Range Extent20,000-2,500,000 square km (about 8000-1,000,000 square miles)
Rank Reasons
Spotty distribution along its range.
Range Extent Comments
Central and southern California (Inyo, Kern, Los Angeles, San Bernadino, and Tulare counties); small portion of western Nevada (Skinner and Pavlik 1994).
Ecology & Habitat

Diagnostic Characteristics

Pedicels subtended by scarious bractlets above main bracts.

Habitat

Open Mojavean desert scrub, Pinyon and juniper woodlands, Joshua tree "woodland", in heavy soils, northern and western Mojave Desert, southern High Sierra Nevada, east of Sierra Nevada, California; western Nevada (Skinner and Pavlik 1994).
Terrestrial Habitats
Desert
Other Nations (1)
United StatesN3
ProvinceRankNative
NevadaS1Yes
CaliforniaS3Yes
Plant Characteristics
DurationPERENNIAL
Economic Value (Genus)No
Roadless Areas (12)
California (11)
AreaForestAcres
Boundary Peak (CA)Inyo National Forest210,884
ChannellSequoia National Forest45,429
Coyote NorthInyo National Forest11,932
Coyote SoutheastInyo National Forest53,159
Domeland Add.Sequoia National Forest3,046
Excelsior (CA)Inyo National Forest45,607
HortonInyo National Forest5,717
PaiuteInyo National Forest58,712
South SierraInyo National Forest41,853
TinemahaInyo National Forest27,060
Wonoga Pk.Inyo National Forest11,272
Nevada (1)
AreaForestAcres
Boundary Peak (NV)Inyo National Forest21,851
References (5)
  1. Abrams, L. 1944. Illustrated flora of the Pacific states. Washington, Oregon, and California. Vol. I. Ophioglossaceae to Aristolochiaceae. Stanford Univ. Press, Stanford, California. 538 pp.
  2. Flora of North America Editorial Committee (FNA). 2002a. Flora of North America north of Mexico. Vol. 26. Magnoliophyta: Liliidae: Liliales and Orchidales. Oxford Univ. Press, New York. xxvi + 723 pp.
  3. Hickman, J. C., ed. 1993. The Jepson manual: Higher plants of California. University of California Press, Berkeley, CA. 1400 pp.
  4. Kartesz, J.T. 1994. A synonymized checklist of the vascular flora of the United States, Canada, and Greenland. 2nd edition. 2 vols. Timber Press, Portland, OR.
  5. Skinner, M.W., and B.M. Pavlik, eds. 1994. California Native Plant Society's Inventory of rare and endangered vascular plants of California. 5th edition. California Native Plant Society, Sacramento. 338 pp.