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Nothocalais nigrescens

(Henderson) Heller

Black Hairy False Dandelion

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G4Apparently SecureGlobal Rank

Identity

Unique IDELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.156364

Element CodePDAST6P030

Record TypeSPECIES

ClassificationSpecies

Classification StatusStandard

Name CategoryVascular Plant

Endemicendemic to a single nation

KingdomPlantae

PhylumAnthophyta

ClassDicotyledoneae

OrderAsterales

FamilyAsteraceae

GenusNothocalais

Other Common Names

Black-hair Prairie-dandelion (EN) speckled false dandelion (EN) Speckled False Dandelion (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 Date1994-10-05

Change Date1994-10-20

Edition Date1994-10-20

Edition AuthorsMorse, Larry E.

Rank Reasons

Common montane and subalpine species in western Wyoming; also known from Idaho and Montana.

Ecology & Habitat

Other Nations (1)

United StatesNNR

Province	Rank	Native
Montana	S4	Yes
Wyoming	S3	Yes
Idaho	SNR	Yes

Plant Characteristics

Economic Value (Genus)No

Roadless Areas (4)

Montana (2)

Area	Forest	Acres
Cattle Gulch	Beaverhead-Deerlodge National Forest	19,390
Italian Peak	Beaverhead-Deerlodge National Forest	90,401

Wyoming (2)

Area	Forest	Acres
Horse Creek Mesa	Bighorn National Forest	77,808
Little Bighorn	Bighorn National Forest	133,949

References (2)

Flora of North America Editorial Committee (FNA). 2006a. Flora of North America north of Mexico. Vol. 19. Magnoliophyta: Asteridae, part 6: Asteraceae, part 1. Oxford University Press, New York. xxiv + 579 pp.
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.