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Life History:

This member of the Rosaceae family of plants flowers during the late summer and autumn. It is often found with the Ash Meadows milk-vetch and the Ash Meadows sunray. Plants are perennial and occur as solitary clumps not exceeding 1.9 inches high and 9.75 inches in diameter. Little is known about its life history or habitat requirements.

Distribution and Habitat:

This plant occurs only in Nevada on sandy or saline clay soils along canyon washes and on alkaline mounds. It occupies highly alkaline, barren soils that remain moistened by water spreading outward from surface flow discharged by springs. Small, local populations are scattered throughout Ash Meadows in Nevada.

Threats:

The loss of habitat by recent agricultural and municipal development activities, the clearing of land for road construction,the removal of ground water and diversion of surface spring flow, and local mining activities threaten the integrity of the species' habitat and,therefore, their survival.

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