SENSITIVE 



SCIENTIFIC NAME: OROBANCHE CORYHBOSA (Rydb.) Ferris 

 COMMON NAME: Flat -topped broomrape 

 FAMILY: Orobanchaceae (Broomrape Family) 

 PERTINENT SYNONYMS: Orobanche californica Cham. & 



Schlecht. var. corymbosa (Rydb.) Munz. 

 MONTANA STATUS: Sensitive 

 GLOBAL and STATE RANKS (TNC): G4/S1 

 USFWS STATUS: None 

 USFS STATUS: Watch list 

 STATUS IN OTHER STATES: Rare in B.C. 

 GLOBAL DISTRIBUTION: Southern B.C. to sw. MT, south 



to CA, NV and UT . Peripheral. 

 MONTANA COUNTIES: Beaverhead, Ravalli 

 LAND OWNERSHIP: Big Hole National Battlefield 



private(?), BLM, Butte District 

 PHYSIOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION: Big Hole River, 



Beaverhead River, Bitterroot River drainages 

 HABITAT: Plains and hills, 1920 m (6,300 ft.) 

 PHENOLOGY: Flowering in July and August 

 COMMENTS: This species is parasitic, most often on 



the roots of Artemisia tridentata . Populations are 



often smal I . 



SCIENTIFIC NAME: PAPAVER KLUANENSIS D. Love 



COMMON NAME: Alpine poppy 



FAMILY: Papaveraceae (Poppy Family) 



PERTINENT SYNONYMS: P^ kluanense Love, P^ radicatum 



Rottb. (in part) 

 MONTANA STATUS: Sensitive 

 GLOBAL and STATE RANKS (TNC): G4/S1 

 USFWS STATUS: None 

 USFS STATUS: None 



STATUS IN OTHER STATES: Endangered in ID 

 GLOBAL DISTRIBUTION: Yuk., B.C., and Alta., south to 



CO and NM. Sparse. 

 MONTANA COUNTIES: Carbon 

 LAND OWNERSHIP: Custer N.F. 

 PHYSIOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION: Beartooth Mtns. 

 HABITAT: Open, rocky soil of slopes where snow lies 



later in the year in the alpine zone, 3290-3540 m 



(10,800-11,600 ft.) 

 PHENOLOGY: Flowering in August 

 COMMENTS: One of three known Montana locations for 



this species is adjacent to a major hiking trail. 



SCIENTIFIC NAME: OROGENIA LINEARIFOLIA Wats. 



COMMON NAME: Great Basin orogenia 



FAMILY: Apiaceae (Carrot Family) 



MONTANA STATUS: Sensitive 



GLOBAL and STATE RANKS (TNC): G-i/SI 



USFWS STATUS: None 



USFS STATUS: Watch list 



GLOBAL DISTRIBUTION: S. WA (e. of the Cascades) and 



adj. ID, e. to sw. MT, and s. to e. OR, s. ID, UT, 



and w. CO. Peripheral. 

 MONTANA COUNTIES: Missoula, Ravalli 

 LAND OWNERSHIP: Bitterroot N.F., Lolo N.F. 

 PHYSIOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION: Bitterroot Mtns. 

 HABITAT: Open slopes, ridges, and meadows, from the 



lower foothills to moderate elevations in the 



mountains, 1250-1585 m (4,100-5,200 ft.) 

 PHENOLOGY: Flowering in May, soon after snowmelt 

 COMMENTS: This early-blooming species may be more 



common than records indicate. 



SCIENTIFIC NAME: PENSTEHON ANtaJSTIFOLIUS Nutt. 



COMMON NAME: Narrowleaf penstemon, narrow beardtongue 



FAMILY: Scrophular i aceae (Figwort Family) 



MONTANA STATUS: Sensitive 



GLOBAL and STATE RANKS (TNC): G5/S1 



USFWS STATUS: None 



USFS STATUS: None 



GLOBAL DISTRIBUTION: ND w. to e. MT and central WY, 



s. to OK, n. NM, w. CO, e. UT, and nw. AZ. 



Peripheral . 

 MONTANA COUNTIES: Dawson (Dorn, 1984); Carter, Fallon 



(G.P.F.A. 1977) 

 LAND OWNERSHIP: State, private 

 PHYSIOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION: Great Plains 

 HABITAT: Sandy to gravelly soil in open prairies and 



sandhills, 610-975 m (2,000-3,200 ft.) 

 PHENOLOGY: Flowering May-June 



SCIENTIFIC NAME: OXYTROPIS POOOCARPA Gray 



COMMON NAME: Stalked-pod crazyweed 



FAMILY: Fabaceae (Pea Family) 



MONTANA STATUS: Sensitive 



GLOBAL and STATE RANKS (TNC): G4/S1 



USFWS STATUS: None 



USFS STATUS: Sensitive 



STATUS IN OTHER STATES: Rare in B.C., rare in WY 



GLOBAL DISTRIBUTION: Alta. to Labr., south in Rocky 



Mtns. to CO. Sparse. 

 MONTANA COUNTIES: Glacier, Teton 

 LAND OWNERSHIP: Glacier N.P., Lewis & Clark N.F. 

 PHYSIOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION: Lewis Range, Front Range 



Mtns. 

 HABITAT: Alpine ridges and slopes, often on limestone 



substrates; 2225-2500 m(7, 300-8, 200 ft.) 

 PHENOLOGY: Flowering in June, fruiting late June 



through August 

 COMMENTS: A collection was made in Glacier National 



Park in 1897, and the occurrence has not been 



verified since then. Four recently observed 



locations are all in the Front Range, outside of the 



Bob Marshall Wilderness Area. 



SCIENTIFIC NAME: PENSTEMON ATTENUATUS Doug I. var. 



milTARIS (Greene) Cronq. 

 COMMON NAME: Taper- leaved Beardtongue 

 FAMILY: Scrophulariaceae (Figwort Family) 

 MONTANA STATUS: Sensitive 

 GLOBAL and STATE RANKS (TNC): G4T4/S1 

 USFWS STATUS: None 

 USFS STATUS: Sensitive 

 GLOBAL DISTRIBUTION: Central ID, from the Salmon R. 



axis on the n. to the Snake R. plains on the s., 



barely extending into adjacent MT; also in the mtns. 



of Cassia Co., ID. Regional endemic. 

 MONTANA COUNTIES: Ravalli 

 LAND OWNERSHIP: Bitterroot N.F. 

 PHYSIOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION: Bitterroot Mtns. 

 HABITAT: Drier meadows to moist, open or wooded 



slopes at moderate to rather high elevations in the 



mountains, 2439 m (8,000 ft.) 

 PHENOLOGY: Flowering in July 

 COMMENTS: Currently known in Montana from only one 



location, where it was last observed in 1968. 



