Parthenium ligulatum

(M.E. Jones) Barneby

Ligulate Feverfew

G3Vulnerable Found in 1 roadless area NatureServe Explorer →
G3VulnerableGlobal Rank
Identity
Unique IDELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.159177
Element CodePDAST6V070
Record TypeSPECIES
ClassificationSpecies
Classification StatusStandard
Name CategoryVascular Plant
KingdomPlantae
PhylumAnthophyta
ClassDicotyledoneae
OrderAsterales
FamilyAsteraceae
GenusParthenium
Synonyms
Bolophyta ligulata(M.E. Jones) W.A. Weber
Other Common Names
Colorado Feverfew (EN) Colorado feverfew (EN)
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 Date2008-03-11
Change Date1984-02-07
Edition Date2008-03-11
Edition AuthorsK. Fayette (1998), rev. J. Bell (2008)
Rank Reasons
This species is known from eleven occurrences in Colorado and at least 20 in Utah (occurrence number from Utah not obtained but state rank is S3).
Range Extent Comments
Known from two counties in Colorado, six counties in Utah (Welsh et al. 1993) and Eureka County, Nevada. This species has been falsely reported from Wyoming (WYNHP 1998).
Occurrences Comments
There are eleven occurrences from two counties (Rio Blanco and Moffat) in Colorado. All of these occurrences have last observations of 1979-1983 (CNHP 1998). It is estimated that there are between 20-100 occurrences in Utah based on the state rank of S3.
Ecology & Habitat

Habitat

Barren or semibarren calciferous or gypsiferous outcrops of the Green River, Uinta, Ferron, Summerville, and Carmel formations in salt desert shrub, serviceberry, rabbitbrush, Indian rice-grass, greasebush, galleta, black sagebrush, pygmy sagebrush, and pinyon-juniper communities at 1705-2135 meters (Welsh et al. 1993).
Terrestrial Habitats
Forest/WoodlandWoodland - ConiferDesertBarrens
Other Nations (1)
United StatesN3
ProvinceRankNative
UtahS3Yes
NevadaS1Yes
ColoradoS1Yes
Plant Characteristics
Economic Value (Genus)No
Roadless Areas (1)
Utah (1)
AreaForestAcres
Boulder Mtn. / Boulder Top / Deer LakeDixie National Forest110,690
References (5)
  1. Colorado Natural Heritage Program. 1998. Biological Conservation Datasystem. Colorado State University, Ft. Collins, CO.
  2. 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.
  3. Utah Natural Heritage Program. May 1998. Element Occurrence Record Database, National Park subset. Salt Lake City, UT.
  4. Welsh, S.L., N.D. Atwood, S. Goodrich, and L.C. Higgins (eds.) 1993. A Utah flora. 2nd edition. Brigham Young Univ., Provo, Utah. 986 pp.
  5. Wyoming Natural Diversity Database. 1998. University of Wyoming, Laramie, WY.