Pedicularis parryi ssp. mogollonica

Family

SCROPHULARIACEAE

Scientific Name with Author

Pedicularis parryi ssp. mogollonica - (Greene) G.D. Carr

Synonyms

PEDICULARIS MOGOLLONICA

Common Name

None

Agency Status
USFWS	State of NM	USFS	BLM	Navajo Nation	State Rank	Global Rank	R-E-D Code	NMRPTC Status	Strategy Status
					S2

Description

Carr (Brittonia 23:280 - 291, 1971) distinguishes subsp. mogollonica from subsp. parryi by its taller stems and more numerous and larger cauline leaves.

Distribution

New Mexico, Arizona and Utah.

Remarks

The Taos and Mora County collections are annotated by Carr as "intermediate between parryi and mogollonica." Good "parryi" also occurs in the Sangre de Cristo Mts. This situation is apparently similar in the Great Basin part of its range. The lack of definite geographic circumscription led Cronquist et al. (1984) to suspect that "mogollonica" is an ecological phase of the species and not worthy of taxonomic recognition. Welsh et al. (1987) may be in agreement since subsp. mogollonica is not even mentioned in the Utah Flora.

Conservation Considerations

The "mogollonica" phase is the dominant form of P. parryi in AZ, NM, and UT (Cronquist et al. 1984). If it is a good subspecies, it is probably too widespread to be called a rare plant.

Important Literature

Cronquist et al. 1984. Intermountain Flora, Vol. 4, Asteridae other than Asteraceae. NY Bot Gard.

Welsh et al. 1987. A Utah Flora. Great Basin Naturalist Memoir No. 9.

Information Compiled By

Robert Sivinski 1998

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