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Listed, Delisted, and Recently Petitioned Plants—Region 6
Resources: Candidate Conservation Agreements | Consultation | Habitat Conservation Plans | Permits | Safe Harbor Agreements | Species List
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![Autumn buttercup. Credit: USFWS.](images/plants/autumnButterCup.jpg)
Autumn buttercup
Ranunculus acriformis aestivalis
Endangered
![Barneby reed-mustard (Schoenocrambe barnebyi). Photo by C.R. Delmatier/NPS.](images/plants/barnebyReedMustard.jpg)
Barneby reed-mustard
Schoenocrambe barnebyi
Endangered
![Barneby ridge-cress. Credit: USFWS.](images/plants/barnebyRidgeCress.jpg)
Barneby ridge-cress
Lepidium barnebyanum
Endangered
![Blowout penstemon. Photo Credit: FWS/Bellis.](images/plants/blowoutPenstemon.jpg)
Blowout penstemon
Penstemon haydenii
Endangered
![Clay phacelia. Credit: USFWS.](images/plants/clayPhacelia.jpg)
Clay phacelia
Phacelia argillacea
Endangered
![Clay reed-mustard. Credit: USFWS.](images/plants/clayReedMustard.jpg)
Clay reed-mustard
Schoenocrambe argillacea
Threatened
![Clay-loving wild buckwheat. Credit: USFWS.](images/plants/clay-lovingWildBuckwheat.jpg)
Clay-loving wild buckwheat
Eriogonum pelinophilum
Endangered
![Colorado butterfly plant. Credit: USFWS.](images/plants/coloradoButterflyPlant.jpg)
Colorado butterfly plant
Gaura neomexicana ssp. coloradensis - Threatened
![Colorado hookless cactus. Credit: USFWS.](images/plants/coloradoHooklessCactus.jpg)
Colorado hookless cactus
Sclerocactus glaucus
Threatened
![DeBeque phacelia. Credit: Ellen Mayo.](images/plants/debequePhacelia.jpg)
DeBeque phacelia
Phacelia submutica
Threatened
![Deseret milk-vetch. Credit: Bekee Hotze, USFWS.](images/plants/deseretMilk-vetch.jpg)
Deseret milk-vetch
Astragalus desereticus
Threatened
![Autumn buttercup. Credit: USFWS.](images/plants/desertYellowhead.jpg)
Desert yellowhead
Yermo xanthocephalus
Threatened
![Dudley Bluffs bladderpod next to a U.S. quarter. Credit: USFWS.](images/plants/dudlyBluffsBladderpod.jpg)
Dudley Bluffs bladderpod
Physaria congesta
Threatened
![Dudley Bluffs twinpod. Credit: USFWS.](images/plants/dudlyBluffsTwinpod.jpg)
Dudley Bluffs twinpod
Physaria obcordata
Threatened
![Dwarf bear-poppy. Credit: Daniela Roth / USFWS.](images/plants/dwarfBearPoppy.jpg)
Dwarf bear-poppy
Arctomecon humilis
Endangered
![Gierisch mallow. Credit: USFWS.](images/plants/gierischMallow.jpg)
Gierisch mallow
Sphaeralcea gierischii
Endangered
![Heliotrope milk-vetch. Credit: Daniela Roth USFWS.](images/plants/heliotropeMilk-vetch.jpg)
Heliotrope milk-vetch
Astragalus montii
Threatened
![Holmgren milk-vetch. Credit: USFWS.](images/plants/holmgrenMilk-vetch.jpg)
Holmgren milk-vetch
Astragalus holmgreniorum
Endangered
![Jones cycladenia. Photo used by permission of John Spence, National Park Service. Jones cycladenia. Photo used by permission of John Spence, National Park Service.](images/plants/jonesCycladenia.jpg)
Jones cycladenia
Cycladenia humilis jonesii
Threatened
![Knowlton's cactus. Credit: Gina Glenne.](images/plants/knowltonsCactus.jpg)
Knowlton's cactus
Pediocactus knowltonii
Endangered
![Kodachrome Bladderpod. Credit: USFWS.](images/plants/kodachromeBladderpod.jpg)
Kodachrome bladderpod
Lesquerella tumulosa
Endangered
![Last Chance townsendia. Credit: USFWS.](images/plants/lastChanceTownsendia.jpg)
Last Chance townsendia
Townsendia aprica
Threatened
![Maguire Primrose. Credit: USFWS.](images/plants/maguirePrimrose.jpg)
Maguire primrose
Primula maguirei
Threatened
![Mancos milk-vetch. Credit: Gina Glenne.](images/plants/mancosMilk-vetch.jpg)
Mancos milk-vetch
Astragalus humillimus
Endangered
![Meed's milkweed. Credit: Mike Redmer.](images/plants/meedsMilkweed.jpg)
Mead's milkweed
Asclepias meadii
Threatened
![Mesa Verde cactus. Credit: Robert Sivinski.
.](images/plants/mesaVerdeCactus.jpg)
Mesa Verde cactus
Scelerocactus mesae-verdae
Threatened
![Mosquito Range mustard. Credit: USFWS.](images/plants/mosquitoRangeMustard.jpg)
Mosquito Range mustard
(formerly known as Penland alpine fen mustard) Eutrema penlandii
Threatened
![Navajo sedge. Credit: USFWS.](images/plants/navajoSedge.jpg)
Navajo sedge
Carex specuicola
Threatened
![North Park phacelia. Credit: USFWS.](images/plants/northParkPhacelia.jpg)
North Park phacelia
Phacelia formosula
Endangered
![Osterhout milk-vetch. Credit: USFWS.](images/plants/osterhoutMilk-vetch.jpg)
Osterhout milk-vetch
Astragalus osterhoutii
Endangered
![Pagosa skyrocket. Credit: Ellen Mayo.](images/plants/pagosaSkyrocket.jpg)
Pagosa skyrocket
Ipomopsis polyantha
Endangered
![Parachute beardtongue. Credit: Collin Ewing.](images/plants/parachuteBeardtongue.jpg)
Parachute penstemon
Penstemon debilis
Threatened
![Pariette cactus. Credit: Ben Franklin.](images/plants/parietteCactus.jpg)
Pariette cactus
Sclerocactus brevispinus
Threatened
![Penland beardtongue. Credit: USFWS.](images/plants/penlandBeardtongue.jpg)
Penland beardtongue
Penstemon penlandii
Endangered
![San Rafael cactus. Daniela Roth, USFWS.](images/plants/sanRafaelCactus.jpg)
San Rafael cactus
Pediocactus despainii
Endangered
![Shivwits milk-vetch. Credit: USFWS.](images/plants/shivwitsMilk-vetch.jpg)
Shivwitz milk-vetch
Astragalus ampullarioides
Endangered
![Shrubby reed-mustard. Credit: Jessi Brunson.](images/plants/shrubbyReed-mustard.jpg)
Shrubby reed-mustard
Schoenocrambe suffrutescens
Endangered
![Siler Pincushion Cactus. Credit: Daniela Roth / USFWS.](images/plants/silerPincushionCactus.jpg)
Siler pincushion cactus
Pediocactus sileri
Threatened
![Spalding’s Catchfly. Credit: Steve Wirt.](images/plants/spaldingsCatchFly.jpg)
Spalding's catchfly
Silene spaldingii
Threatened
![Uinta Basin hookless cactus. Credit: Maria Ulloa, Burea of Land Management.](images/plants/uintaBasinHooklessCactus.jpg)
Uinta Basin hookless cactus
Sclerocactus wetlandicus
Threatened
![Ute ladies'-tresses orchid. Credit: Teresa Prendusi, USDA Forest Service. Ute ladies'-tresses orchid. Credit: Teresa Prendusi, USDA Forest Service.](images/plants/uteLadiesTressesOrchid.jpg)
Ute ladies'-tresses orchid
Spiranthes diluvialis
Threatened
![Water howellia. Credit: USFWS.](images/plants/waterHowellia.jpg)
Water howellia
Water howellia
Threatened
![Welsh's milkweed. Credit: USFWS.](images/plants/welshsMilkweed.jpg)
Welsh's milkweed
Asclepias welshii
Threatened
![Western prairie fringed orchid. Credit: USFWS.](images/plants/westernFringedOrchid.jpg)
Western prairie fringed orchid
Platanthera praeclara
Threatened
![Winkler cactus. Credit: Daniela Roth, USFWS.](images/plants/winklerCactus.jpg)
Winkler cactus
Pediocactus winkleri
Threatened
![Wright fishhook cactus. Credit: Dorde Wright Woodruff & NPS - Tom Clark.](images/plants/wrightFishhookCactus.jpg)
Wright fishhook cactus
Sclerocactus wrightiae
Endangered
Candidate species (*LPN = Listing Priority Number (lower number indicates higher priority) »
![Fremont County rockcress. Credit: Bonnie Heidel.](images/plants/fremontCountyRockcress.jpg)
Fremont County rockcress
Boechera pusilla
Warranted but precluded from listing LPN 8
![Frisco buckwheat. Credit: USFWS.](images/plants/friscoBuckwheat.jpg)
Frisco buckwheat
Erigonum soredium
Warranted but precluded from listing LPN 8
![Frisco clover. Credit: USFWS.](images/plants/friscoClover.jpg)
Frisco clover
Trifolium friscanum
Warranted but precluded from listing LPN 8
![Ostler pepperplant. Credit: USFWS.](images/plants/ostlerPepperPlant.jpg)
Ostler pepperplant
Lepidium osteri
Warranted but precluded from listing LPN 8
![Schmoll's milk-vetch. Credit: USFWS.](images/plants/schmollsMilk-vetch.jpg)
Chapin Mesa milkvetch
Astragalus schmolliae
Warranted but precluded from listing LPN 8
![Skiff milk-vetch Credit: Alicia Langton.](images/plants/skiffMilk-vetch.jpg)
Skiff milkvetch
Astragalus microcymbus
Warranted but precluded from listing LPN 8
![White bark pine. Credit: USFWS.](images/plants/whiteBarkPine.jpg)
Whitebark pine
Pinus albicaulis
Warranted but precluded from listing LPN 8
![Goose Creek milk-vetch. Credit: USFWS.](images/plants/gooseCreekMilk-vetch.jpg)
Goose Creek milk-vetch
Astragalus anserinus
Not warranted for ESA protections
![Graham's beardtongue. Credit: USFWS.](images/plants/grahamsBeardtongue.jpg)
Graham's beardtongue
Penstemon grahamii
Not warranted for ESA protections
![Rocky Mountain Monkeyflower. Credit: USFWS.](images/plants/rockyMountainMonkeyflower.jpg)
Rocky Mountain monkeyflower
Mimulus gemmiparus
Decision pending
![No photo available for this species message. Credit: USFWS.](images/plants/noPhoto.jpg)
Sleeping Ute milkvetch
Astragalus tortipes
Not warranted for ESA protections
![White River beardtongue. Credit: Gina Glenne. White River beardtongue. Credit: Gina Glenne.](images/plants/whiteRiverBeardTongue.jpg)
White River beardtongue
Penstemon scariosus albifluvis
Not warranted for ESA protections
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