Last Chance Townsendia (Townsendia aprica) (6808949579)

Description:

Description: Last Chance townsendia (Townsendia aprica) is a diminutive perennial herb in the sunflower family. It is endemic to central Utah where it occurs in Emery, Sevier, and Wayne counties. The species is associated with piñon-juniper and grassland communities between 6,100 and 8,000 feet in elevation. Habitat loss, degradation, and fragmentation are the largest threats this species faces today. Sources of these threats include coal mining, road developments, recreational off-road vehicle use, and grazing. It was listed threatened in 1985. Photo Credit: Daniela Roth / USFWS. Date: 8 June 2010, 12:59. Source: Last Chance Townsendia (Townsendia aprica). Author: USFWS Mountain-Prairie.