Summary ⁶

Ipomopsis polyantha is a rare species of flowering plant in the phlox family known by the common names Pagosa skyrocket and Archuleta County standing-cypress. It is endemic to Colorado in the United States, where it occurs only in the vicinity of Pagosa Springs in Archuleta County. It is threatened by the loss of its habitat to residential and commercial development. It was federally listed as an endangered species in 2011.

National distribution ⁷

United States

Regularity: Regularly occurring

Currently: Present

Confidence: Confident

Sources and Credits

1. (c) MBG, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-SA), http://images.mobot.org/tropicosthumbnails/Tropicos/258/MO-694681.jpg
2. (c) Ingrid P. Lin, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-SA), https://collections.nmnh.si.edu/services/media.php?env=botany&irn=10096751
3. (c) Ingrid P. Lin, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-SA), https://collections.nmnh.si.edu/services/media.php?env=botany&irn=10069394
4. (c) Ingrid P. Lin, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-SA), https://collections.nmnh.si.edu/services/media.php?env=botany&irn=10069395
5. United States Fish and Wildlife Service, Mountain Prairie region, no known copyright restrictions (public domain), https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/18/Pagosa_skyrocket_1.jpg
6. (c) Wikipedia, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA), http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ipomopsis_polyantha
7. (c) NatureServe, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), http://eol.org/data_objects/29032186

More Info

• iNat taxon page
• Biodiversity Heritage Library
• BOLD Systems BIN search
• eFloras.org
• Flora of North America (beta)
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF)
• HOSTS - a Database of the World's Lepidopteran Hostplants
• IPNI (with links to POWO, WFO, and BHL)
• NatureServe Explorer 2.0
• SEINet Symbiota portals
• Tropicos
• World Flora Online

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