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Photo by Marc Coles-Richie; Marc Coles-Richie; Marc Coles-Richie
Sources: ESRI, USGS, NOAA; Sources: ESRI, USGS, NOAA
Sweet-flower rock-jasmine
Androsace chamaejasme ssp. lehmanniana
NatureServe conservation status
Global (G-rank): G5T5
State (S-rank): S1
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Species range
This is a circumboreal species with a primary range in North America in the Rocky Mountains and Canada.
Alpine tundra at 3050 to 3865 m in the La Sal Mts., Grand (?) and San Juan cos.; Alaska to Mackenzie, south to Colo.; Eurasia (Welsh et al. 2015).
Estimate from download of data from Utah Rare Plant Database on November 20th, 2020.
Geocat 15 observations: Extent of Occurrence: 39.629 km2.
Threats or limiting factors
The main threat is from climate change including drought and rapid snowmelt due to wind-blown sediments are melting snowpack earlier than normal in our region (Fertig 2016). The Utah Division of Water Resources reports that Utah is now in "extreme" or "exceptional" drought which is likely impacting this species in similar ways as it is other perennial forbs in Utah. Additional threats to this taxon are from the grazing-related impacts of cattle and naturalized mountain goats. Cattle have been observed in the alpine saddle below Mt. Tukuhnikivatz.
