assessment in order to locate new populations and to better evaluate the 

 species' status and woody draw protection opportunities. 



4. RECOMMENDATIONS FOR FURTHER ASSESSMENT: Further survey 



of woody draws, particularly in the northern end of the District, is needed to 

 round out the local distribution pattern for this and for three other species. 

 This study points to the need for woody draw sensitive species surveys in 

 eastern Montana as a whole. 



SUMMARY 



White avens is not being added to the state list because its state distribution has been 

 characterized as spanning northeast and northcentral Montana, even though this is not 

 corroborated by Montana herbarium specimens. Records are being sought in out-of-state 

 herbaria, and the species will subsequently be reevaluated for addition to the state list based 

 on the number of records, collection dates, and information on local rarity. This species 

 constitutes yet another inhabitant of woody draws of which little is known for Montana. 



Ipomopsis congesia var. pseudotypica (Constance «& Rollins) Dorn 



syn. Gilia congesta \&r. pseudotypica Constance & Rollins 



WYOMING BALLHEAD GILIA 



Polemoniaceae 



A. PRESENT LEGAL OR OTHER FORMAL STATUS 

 L FEDERAL STATUS 



a. U.S. FISH AND WILDLIFE SERVICE: None. 



b. U.S. FOREST SERVICE: None. 



2. STATE: This taxon was not previously known from Montana. Its global rank 



is G4T?. This study documented that it is locally widespread and subject to no 

 immediate threats, which would warrant assignment of a rank of "S3" 

 (vulnerable). Additionally, it is placed on the state watch list as a taxon of 

 limited distribution. 



B. DESCRIPTION 



L GENERAL NONTECHNICAL DESCRIPTION: Herbaceous perennial 



with the short flowering stems usually overtopped by basal leaves 3-6 cm (1 



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