Taxon Details

Pilostyles thurberi

Thurber's pilostyles

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Taxon Summary:

Pilostyles thurberi, commonly known as Thurber's pilostyles, is a perennial herb (parasitic) in the Apodanthaceae that is found in California and elsewhere. It occurs within Sonoran desert scrub, growing at elevations from 0 to 365 meters. Pilostyles thurberi is ranked 4.3, Plants of Limited Distribution, A Watch List; Not very threatened in California.

Notes:
Grows inside the stems of Psorothamnus, especially P. emoryi; flowers on the stems of its host. See Fremontia 5(3):20-22 (1977) for species account, and Madroño 26(4):189 (1979) for distributional information.
Threats:
Taxonomy:
Threat List Total: 1
Total EOs % of EOs
EOs with Threat Listed: 9 35 %
THREAT LIST:
Military operations 9 34%
Total Occurrences: 26
Element Occurrence Ranks:
A B C D X U
1 0 0 0 0 25
Occurrence Status:
Historical >20 Years 26
Recent <=20 Years 0
Presence:
Presumed Extant 26
Possibly Extirpated 0
Presumed Extirpated 0
California Endemic:
California Island:
States: Name (Code)
Arizona (AZ), Baja California (BA), California (CA), Nevada (NV), New Mexico (NM), Sonora, Mexico (SO), Texas (TX)
California Counties and Islands: Name (Code)
Imperial (IMP), San Diego (SDG)
Quads: Name (Quad Code)
Grays Well NE (3211467), Borrego Mountain (3311622), Brawley NW (3211586), Cactus (3211478), Carrizo Mtn. (3211671), Clark Lake (3311633), Coyote Wells (3211568), Fonts Point (3311632), Harpers Well (3311518), In-ko-pah Gorge (3211661), Kane Spring (3311517), Kane Spring NW (3311528), Mount Signal (3211566), Painted Gorge (3211578), Plaster City (3211577), Seventeen Palms (3311631), Shell Reef (3311621), Superstition Mtn. (3211587), Sweeney Pass (3211672), Yuha Basin (3211567)
Notes:
Definitions of codes following a county and/or quad:
* Presumed extirpated
(?) Occurrence confirmed, but possibly extirpated
Quad and county data is imported from the CNDDB. Species may be present in other areas where conditions are favorable. These data should NOT be substituted for pre-project review or for on-site surveys.
Presumed Extant
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