Draba brachystylis

The taxon represented here includes what Al-Shehbaz and Windham (2007) split out, based on chromosome and morphologic evidence, and call Draba santaquinensis; in other words, this is the lumped view of D. brachystylis.

Known from a few scattered locations in the Wasatch, San Pitch, and Uinta Mountains of Utah and the Spring Mountains of Nevada. This species is uncommon and poorly known. It is a riparian species, and occurs in a couple of National Forests where increased recreation use is a threat. In addition, development in canyons where the species occurs is also a threat. Information about population demographics and trends appears to be unknown.

Utah in the Wasatch, San Pitch, and Uinta Mountains (Holmgren et al. 2005; Welsh et al. 2008) [Cache, Duchesne, Juab, Salt Lake and Utah counites]. Disjunct in the Spring Mountains of southern Nevada (Holmgren et al. 2005). Nevada plants have shorter styles and may possibly be an unnamed species (Holmgren et al. 2005).

May be threatened by continuing development in the canyons of the central Wasatch Mountains (Franklin 2005). Increased recreation use in the National Forests where this species occurs in both Utah and Nevada, is a threat. In Nevada, in the Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest it was evident in 2006 that hikers had created a trail in an area where no hiking trail previously existed, and occurring near this species (NatureServe Element Occurence data 2011).