Rare Plants of Canada


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Status

Common Name

Latin Name

Family Name

Province(s)

E

Tiny Cryptanthe

Cryptantha minima

BORAGINACEAE

AB SK

E

Slender Mouse-ear-cress

Halimolobos virgata

BRASSICACEAE

AB SK

E

Southern Maidenhair Fern

Adiantum capillus-veneris

ADIANTACEAE

BC

E

Deltoid Balsamroot

Balsamorhiza deltoidea

ASTERACEAE

BC

E

Seaside Centipede Lichen

Heterodermia sitchensis

PHYSCIACEAE

BC

E

Seaside Birds-foot Lotus

Lotus formosissimus

FABACEAE

BC

E

Prairie Lupine

Lupinus lepidus var. lepidus

FABACEAE

BC

E

Water-Plantain Buttercup

Ranunculus alismaefolius var. alismaefolius

RANUNCULACEAE

BC

E

Bearded Owl-Clover

Triphysaria versicolor ssp. versicolor

SCROPHULARIACEAE

BC

E

Scarlet Ammania

Ammania robusta

LYTHRACEAE

BC ON

E

Toothcup

Rotala ramosior

LYTHRACEAE

BC ON

E

Western Prairie White Fringed Orchid

Platanthera praeclara

ORCHIDACEAE

MB

E

Furbish's Lousewort

Pedicularis furbishiae

SCROPHULARIACEAE

NB

E

Long's Braya

Braya longii

BRASSICACEAE

NF

E

Pink Coreopsis

Coreopsis rosea

ASTERACEAE

NS

E

Thread-Leaved Sundew

Drosera filiformis

DROSERACEAE

NS

E

Eastern Mountain Avens

Geum peckii

ROSACEAE

NS

E

Water-Pennywort

Hydrocotyle umbellata

APIACEAE

NS

E

Gattinger's Agalinis

Agalinis gattingeri

SCROPHULARIACEAE

ON

E

Skinner's Agalinis

Agalinis skinneriana

SCROPHULARIACEAE

ON

E

Bluehearts

Buchnera americana

SCROPHULARIACEAE

ON

E

Juniper Sedge

Carex juniperorum

CYPERACEAE

ON

E

Spotted Wintergreen

Chimaphila maculata

PYROLACEAE

ON

E

Pitcher's Thistle

Cirsium pitcheri

ASTERACEAE

ON

E

White Prairie Gentian

Gentiana alba

GENTIANACEAE

ON

E

Engelmann's Quillwort

Isoetes engelmannii

ISOETACEAE

ON

E

Small-Whorled Pogonia

Isotria medeoloides

ORCHIDACEAE

ON

E

Large-Whorled Pogonia

Isotria verticillata

ORCHIDACEAE

ON

E

Slender Bush Clover

Lespedeza virginica

FABACEAE

ON

E

Purple Twayblade

Liparis liliifolia

ORCHIDACEAE

ON

E

Cucumber Tree

Magnolia acuminata

MAGNOLIACEAE

ON

E

Red Mulberry

Morus rubra

MORACEAE

ON

E

Eastern Prickly Pear Cactus

Opuntia humifusa

CACTACEAE

ON

E

Heart-Leaved Plantain

Plantago cordata

PLANTAGINACEAE

ON

E

Pink Milkwort

Polygala incarnata

POLYGALACEAE

ON

E

Hoary Mountain-mint

Pycnanthemum incanum

LAMIACEAE

ON

E

Showy Goldenrod

Solidago speciosa var. rigidiuscula

ASTERACEAE

ON

E

Wood Poppy

Stylophorum diphyllum

PAPAVERACEAE

ON

E

Drooping Trillium

Trillium flexipes

LILIACEAE

ON

E

Nodding Pogonia

Triphora trianthophora

ORCHIDACEAE

ON

E

Small White Lady's Slipper

Cypripedium candidum

ORCHIDACEAE

ON (S2) MB (S1) SK (SX)

E

Ginseng

Panax quinquefolium

ARALIACEAE

ON QC

I

Kananaskis Whitlow-cress

Draba kananaskis

BRASSICACEAE

AB

I

Little Barley

Hordeum pusillum

POACEAE

AB

I

Rabbit-Brush Goldenweed

Ericameria bloomeri

ASTERACEAE

BC

I

Impoverished Pinweed

Lechea intermedia var. depauperata

CISTACEAE

MB SK

NAR

Nebraska Sedge

Carex nebrascensis

CYPERACEAE

AB

NAR

Large-flowered Brickellia

Brickellia grandiflora

ASTERACEAE

AB BC

NAR

Blue Phlox

Phlox alyssifolia

POLEMONIACEAE

AB BC SK

NAR

Dwarf Fleabane

Erigeron radicatus

ASTERACEAE

AB SK

NAR

Sand Stitchwort

Stellaria arenicola

CARYOPHYLLACEAE

AB SK

NAR

Rush Pink

Stephanomeria runcinata

ASTERACEAE

AB SK

NAR

Slender Woolly-heads

Psilocarphus tenellus var. tenellus

ASTERACEAE

BC

NAR

Pacific Rhododendron

Rhododendron macrophyllum

ERICACEAE

BC

NAR

Fameflower

Talinum sediforme

PORTULACACEAE

BC

NAR

False Mermaid

Floerkea proserpinacoides

LIMNANTHACEAE

NS ON QC

NAR

Short's Aster

Aster shortii

ASTERACEAE

ON

NAR

Tyrrell's Willow

Salix tyrrellii

SALICACEAE

SK

NAR

Wood's Sagebrush

Artemisia rupestris ssp. woodii

ASTERACEAE

YT

NAR

Narrow-leaved Wallflower

Erysimum angustatum

BRASSICACEAE

YT

NAR

Maclean's Goldenweed

Haplopappus macleanii

ASTERACEAE

YT

NAR

Yukon Aster

Aster yukonensis

ASTERACEAE

YT (S1) NT (S1)

T

Western Blue Flag

Iris missouriensis

IRIDACE

AB (S1) BC (S2)

T

Sand Verbena

Abronia micrantha

NYCTAGINACEAE

AB (S1) SK (S1)

T

Western Spiderwort

Tradescantia occidentalis

COMMELINACEAE

AB MB

T

White-top Aster

Aster curtus

ASTERACEAE

BC

T

Mosquito Fern

Azolla mexicana

SALVINIACEAE

BC

T

Apple Moss

Bartramia stricta

BARTRAMIACEAE

BC

T

Golden Paintbrush

Castilleja levisecta

SCROPHULARIACEAE

BC

T

Phantom Orchid

Cephalanthera austinae

ORCHIDACEAE

BC

T

Seaside Bone Lichen

Hypogymnia heterophylla

 

BC

T

Oldgrowth Specklebelly Lichen

Pseudocyphellaria rainierensis

 

BC

T

Yellow Montane Violet

Viola praemorsa ssp. praemorsa

VILACEAE

BC

T

Small-flowered Lipocarpha

Lipocarpha micrantha

CYPERACEAE

BC ON

T

Anticosti Aster

Aster anticostensis

ASTERACEAE

NB (S1) QC (S2)

T

Fernald's Braya

Braya fernaldii

BRASSICACEAE

NF

T

Sweet Pepperbush

Clethra alnifolia

CLETHRACEAE

NS

T

Redroot

Lachnanthes caroliana

HAEMODORACEAE

NS

T

Golden Crest

Lophiola aurea

HAEMODORACEAE

NS

T

Plymouth Gentian

Sabatia kennedyana

GENTIANACEAE

NS

T

Colicroot

Aletris farinosa

LILIACEAE

ON

T

American Chestnut

Castanea dentata

FAGACEAE

ON

T

Blue Ash

Fraxinus quadrangulata

OLEACEAE

ON

T

Kentucky Coffee Tree

Gymnocladus dioica

FABACEAE

ON

T

Golden Seal

Hydrastis canadensis

RANUNCULACEAE

ON

T

Goat's-rue

Tephrosia virginiana

FABACEAE

ON

T

Deerberry

Vaccinium stamineum

 

ON

T

Bird's-foot Violet

Viola pedata

VIOLACEAE

ON

T

White Wood Aster

Aster divaricatus

ASTERACEAE

ON (S1) QC (S1)

T

False Hop Sedge

Carex lupuliformis

CYPERACEAE

ON (S1) QC (S2)

T

Round-leaved Greenbrier

Smilax rotundifolia

SMILACACEAE

ON population

T

American Water-willow

Justicia americana

ACANTHACEAE

ON QC

T

Blunt-lobed Woodsia

Woodsia obtusa

ASPLENIACEAE

ON QC

T

van Brunt's Jacob's Ladder

Polemonium van-bruntiae

POLEMONIACEAE

QC

T

Hairy Prairie-clover

Dalea villosa var. villosa

FABACEAE

SK (S1) MB (S2)

V

Bolander's Quillwort

Isoetes bolanderi

ISOETACEAE

AB

V

Hare-footed Locoweed

Oxytropis lagopus

FABACEAE

AB

V

Smooth Goosefoot

Chenopodium subglabrum

CHEMOPODIACEAE

AB (S1) MB (S1) SK (S1)

V

Soapweed

Yucca glauca

AGAVACEAE

AB SK

V

Coastal Wood Fern

Dryopteris arguta

ASPLENIACEAE

BC

V

Giant Helleborine

Epipactis gigantea

ORCHIDACEAE

BC

V

Macoun's Meadowfoam

Limnanthes macounii

LIMNANTHACEAE

BC

V

Cryptic Paw Lichen

Nephroma occultum

 

BC

V

Western Silver-leaf Aster

Virgulus sericeus

ASTERACEAE

MB ON

V

Bathurst Aster

Aster subulatus var. obtusifolius

ASTERACEAE

NB

V

Gulf of St. Lawrence Aster

Aster laurentianus

ASTERACEAE

NB (S1) PE (S1) QC (S2)

V

New Jersey Rush

Juncus caesariensis

JUNCACEAE

NS

V

Lilaeopsis

Lilaeopsis chinensis

APIACEAE

NS

V

Long's Bulrush

Scirpus longii

CYPERACEAE

NS

V

Willow Aster

Aster praealtus

ASTERACEAE

ON

V

Crooked-stemmed Aster

Aster prenanthoides

ASTERACEAE

ON

V

Branched Bartonia

Bartonia paniculata

GENTIANACEAE

ON

V

Indian Plantain

Cacalia plantaginea

ASTERACEAE

ON

V

Wild Hyacinth

Camassia scilloides

LILIACEAE

ON

V

Dwarf Hackberry

Celtis tenuifolia

ULMACEAE

ON

V

American Columbo

Frasera caroliniensis

GENTIANACEAE

ON

V

Swamp Rose Mallow

Hibiscus moscheutos

MALVACEAE

ON

V

False Rue-anemone

Isopyrum biternatum

RANUNCULACEAE

ON

V

Dense Blazing Star

Liatris spicata

ASTERACEAE

ON

V

Eastern Prairie White Fringed Orchid

Platanthera leucophaea

ORCHIDACEAE

ON

V

Hill's Pondweed

Potamogeton hillii

POTAMOGETONACEAE

ON

V

Shumard Oak

Quercus shumardii

FAGACEAE

ON

V

Climbing Prairie Rose

Rosa setigera

ROSACEAE

ON

V

Few-flowered Club-rush

Scirpus verecundus

CYPERACEAE

ON

V

Broad Beech-fern

Phegopteris hexagonoptera

ASPLENIACEAE

ON (S3) QC (N2)

V

Hop Tree

Ptelea trifoliata

RUTACEAE

ON (S3) QC (S1)

V

Green Dragon

Arisaema dracontium

ARACEAE

ON (S3) QC (S2)

V

Victorin's Water Hemlock

Cicuta maculata var. victorinii

APIACEAE

QC

V

Victorin's Gentian

Gentiana victorinii

GENTIANACEAE

QC

V

Provancher's Fleabane

Erigeron philadelphicus ssp. provancheri

ASTERACEAE

QC (S1) ON (S2)

V

Fernald's Milk-Vetch

Astragalus robbinsii var. fernaldii

FABACEAE

QC NF

V

Athabasca Thrift

Armeria maritima ssp. interior

ASTERACEAE

SK

V

Mackenzie Hairgrass

Deschampsia mackenzieanna

POACEAE

SK

V

Buffalograss

Buchloë dactyloides

POACEAE

SK MB

XT

Blue-eyed Mary

Collinsia verna

SCROPHULARIACEAE

ON

XT

Illinois Tick Trefoil

Desmodium illinoense

FABACEAE

ON

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