Ipomopsis congesta ssp. frutescens (Shrub Gilia)

Ipomopsis congesta ssp. frutescens (Shrub Gilia)

Family
POLEMONIACEAE
Synonyms
GILIA FRUTESCENS; IPOMOPSIS FRUTESCENS; GILIA CONGESTA
Common Name
Shrub Gilia
Agency Status
USFWS State of NM USFS BLM Navajo Nation State Rank Global Rank R-E-D Code NMRPTC Status Strategy Status
S3 G5T3T4
Distribution
For the species as a whole: Oregon to western North Dakota and south from southern California to Colorado and western Nebraska (Cronquist et al. 1984); var. frutescens: central Utah and adjacent Arizona and Colorado (Cronquist et al. 1984); Arizona, Colorado, Utah (Garfield, Kane, San Juan, and Washington counties) (Welsh et al 1993); var. crebrifolia: southwestern Montana and western Wyoming south to New Mexico (San Juan and Sandoval counties), Utah (Beaver, Millard, San Juan, and Summit counties) (Cronquist et al. 1984); Montana and Wyoming south to Utah (Beaver, Millard, Rich, San Juan, Sevier, and Summit counties) and New Mexico (Welsh et al. 1993).
Habitat
For the species as a whole: dry, open places, from the plains and foothills to high altitude in the mountains (Cronquist et al. 1984); var. frutescens: [in Utah] wide variety of habitats from sandy desertscrub through ponderosa pine communities, 1155-2290 m (3800-7500 ft) (Welsh et al. 1993); var. crebrifolia: [in Utah] wide range of habitats from sagebrush through bristlecone pine communities, 1830-2780 m (6000-9100 ft) (Welsh et al 1993).
Conservation Considerations
Place on L4 (Probably not present in New Mexico and apparently common in its range elsewhere).
Important Literature

Welsh, S.L., N.D. Atwood, S. Goodrich and L.C. Higgins. 1993. A Utah flora, Second edition, revised. Jones Endowment Fund, Monte L. Bean Life Science Museum, Brigham Young University, Provo, UT.

Day, A.G. 1980. Nomenclatural changes in Ipomopsis congesta (Polemoniaceae). Madroño 27:111-112.

Cronquist, A., A.H. Holmgren, N.H. Holmgren, J.L. Reveal, and P.K. Holmgren. 1984. Intermountain Flora, Volume Four. The New York Botanical Garden, Bronx, NY. (pages 127-129 with illustrations)

Constance. L. and R.C. Rollins. 1936. A revision of Gilia congesta and its allies. Amer. J. Bot. 23:433-440.

Information Compiled By
David Bleakly 1998

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