LIMITED DISTRIBUTION 



SCIENTIFIC NAME: ERIGEROW LAMATUS Hook. 



COMMON NAME: Wooly daisy, wooly fleabane 



FAMILY: Asteraceae (Sunflower Family) 



MONTANA STATUS: Limited Distribution 



GLOBAL and STATE RANKS (TNC): G4/S2 



USFWS STATUS: None 



USFS STATUS: None 



STATUS IN OTHER STATES: Rare in B.C. 



GLOBAL DISTRIBUTION: Southern Alta. and B.C. and nw. 



MT, disjunct in CO and the Yukon. Regional endemic. 

 MONTANA COUNTIES: Flathead, Glacier 

 LAND OWNERSHIP: Glacier National Park 

 PHYSIOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION: Lewis Range 

 HABITAT: Limestone talus slopes in the alpine zone, 



2290-2590 m (7,500-8,500 ft.) 

 PHENOLOGY: Flowering in late July and August 

 COMMENTS: This species is locally common in Glacier 



Park. 



SCIENTIFIC NAME: ERIOGONUM UMBELLATUM Torn. var. 



STELLATUM (Benth.) M.E. Jones 

 COMMON NAME: Starry buckwheat 

 FAMILY: Polygonaceae (Buckwheat Family) 

 MONTANA STATUS: Limited Distribution 

 GLOBAL and STATE RANKS (TNC): G5TU/S2 

 USFWS STATUS: None 

 USFS STATUS: None 

 GLOBAL DISTRIBUTION: Eastern WA and OR, c. ID and 



adjacent MT. Regional endemic. 

 MONTANA COUNTIES: Ravalli 

 LAND OWNERSHIP: Bitterroot N.F. 

 PHYSIOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION: Bitterroot Mtns. 

 HABITAT: Dry, open slopes at low to mid-elevations, 



1220-1980 m (4,000-6,500 ft.) 

 PHENOLOGY: Flowering in July and August 

 COMMENTS: This plant is common in the Bitterroot 



Mtns. 



SCIENTIFIC NAME: ERIOGONUM CAPISTRATUM Rev. 



COMMON NAME: Muh lick's buckwheat 



FAMILY: Polygonaceae (Buckwheat Family) 



PERTINENT SYNONYMS: E^ chrysops misapplied 



MONTANA STATUS: Limited Distribution 



GLOBAL and STATE RANKS (TNC): G4/S3 



USFWS STATUS: None 



USFS STATUS: None 



GLOBAL DISTRIBUTION: Central ID and sw. MT. Regional 



endemic 

 MONTANA COUNTIES: Deer Lodge, 

 LAND OWNERSHIP: Bitterroot N. 

 PHYSIOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION: Bitterroot Mtns., 



Anaaconda Mtns. 

 HABITAT: Dry stony soil, often on exposed ridges near 

 or above timberline, 2590-2955 m (8,500-9,700 ft) 

 PHENOLOGY: Flowering in July and August 

 COMMENTS: This Montana endemic is frequent in the 



Bitterroot Mtns. Our plants are var. muhlickii Rev. 



(Reveal 1989). 



Granite, Ravalli 

 F. Deer lodge N.F. 



SCIENTIFIC NAME: ERIOGONUM X LAGOPUS Rydb. 



COMMON NAME: Rabbit buckwheat 



FAMILY: Polygonaceae (Buckwheat Family) 



PERTINENT SYNONYMS: E^ paucif lorum Pursh var. canum 



(Stokes) Reveal, E^ brevicaule Nutt. var. canum 



(Stokes) Dorn (see Comments) 

 MONTANA STATUS: Limited Distribution 

 GLOBAL and STATE RANKS (TNC): G2Q/S2 

 USFWS STATUS: C2 

 USFS STATUS: None 

 GLOBAL DISTRIBUTION: South-central MT and adjacent 



WY. Regional endemic. 

 MONTANA COUNTIES: Carbon, Treasure(?) 

 LAND OWNERSHIP: BLM, Miles City District; private 

 PHYSIOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION: Pryor Mtns.- Big Horn 



Canyon area 

 HABITAT: Open soil in sagebrush grasslands and desert 



shrublands in the valley zone, 1220-1340 m 



(4,000-4,400 ft.) 

 PHENOLOGY: Flowering in June 

 COMMENTS: James Reveal (pers. comm.) considers this 



species to be of hybrid origin. Robert Dorn (pers. 



comm.) believes that E^ lagopus is not the correct 



name for this plant. Taxonomic work is needed to 



clarify this problem. 



SCIENTIFIC NAME: 



SCIENTIFIC NAME: ERIOGONUM PYROLIFOLIUM Hook. 



COMMON NAME: Alpine buckwheat 



FAMILY: Polygonaceae (Buckwheat Family) 



MONTANA STATUS: Limited Distribution 



GLOBAL and STATE RANKS (TNC): G4/S2 



USFWS STATUS: None 



USFS STATUS: None 



GLOBAL DISTRIBUTION: Cascade Mtns., WA and OR, east 



to the Bitterroot Mtns. of ID and MT. Peripheral. 

 MONTANA COUNTIES: Missoula, Ravalli 

 LAND OWNERSHIP: Bitterroot N.F. 

 PHYSIOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION: Bitterroot Mtns. 

 HABITAT: Subalpine and alpine rocky ridges and talus 



slopes, 2285-3050 m (7,500-10,000 ft.) 

 PHENOLOGY: Flowering in July and August 

 COMMENTS: This plant is frequent in the Bitterroot 



Mtns. Our plants are var. coryphaeum T. & G. 



ERIOGONUM OVALIFOLIUM Nutt. var. 

 NEVADENSE Gand. 

 COMMON NAME: Yellow cushion buckwheat 

 FAMILY: Polygonaceae (Buckwheat Family) 

 PERTINENT SYNONYMS: E^ oval i folium var. eel sum Nels. 

 MONTANA STATUS: Limited Distribution 

 GLOBAL and STATE RANKS (TNC): G5T4/S2 

 USFWS STATUS: None 

 USFS STATUS: None 

 GLOBAL DISTRIBUTION: Eastern WA to sw. MT, south to 



CA, NV, UT and WY. The range of the species as a 



whole is B.C. to Alta., south to CA and NM. 



Peripheral . 

 MONTANA COUNTIES: Beaverhead, Madison 

 LAND OWNERSHIP: BLM, Butte District; private 

 PHYSIOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION: Beaverhead River and 



Madison River drainages 

 HABITAT: Dry grasslands or shrublands, often in sandy 



soil, in the valleys and montane zone, 1525-2010 m 



(5,000-6,600 ft.) 

 PHENOLOGY: Flowering in June and July 

 COMMENTS: This plant is locally common in southern 



Beaverhead Co. and along the upper Madison River. 



