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About the Plants

​​​​​​​​​There are 76 plant species that are administratively protected by the Oregon Department of Agriculture (ODA) in the State of Oregon (OAR 603-073) on all non-federal public lands. All federally listed plant species occurring in Oregon are automatically administratively protected by ODA. ​

Of Oregon's 76 protected species:

  • 43 are listed as endangered
  • 33 are listed as threatened
  • Oregon also has 88 candidate species
Oregon's complete list of ​threatened, endangered, and candidate species can be downloaded here: PDF or Excel .

Oregon's threatened, endangered, and candidate plants

Click on the common name to view a complete species profile PDF with images.

Listing status codes: T=Threatened, E=Endangered, C=Candidate​​

​​​Scientific name​

​Comm​on name & plant profile

​Listing​

​Abronia umbellata var. breviflora​
​Pink sandverbena​
​E
​Amsinckia carinata
​Malheur Valley fiddleneck
​T
​Arabis macdonaldiana
​McDonald's rockcress
​E
​Artemisia campestris var. wormskioldii
​Northern wormwood
​E
​Astragalus applegatei
​Applegate's milkvetch
​E
​Astragalus collinus var. laurentii
​Lawrence's milkvetch
​T
​Astragalus cusickii var. sterilis
​Sterile milkvetch
​T
​Astragalus diaphanus var. diurnus
​South Fork John Day milkvetch
​T
​Astragalus lemmonii
​Lemmon's milkvetch
​T
​Astragalus mulfordiae
​Mulford's milkvetch
​E
​Astragalus peckii
​Peck's milkvetch
​T
​Astragalus tyghensis
​Tygh Valley milkvetch​
​T
​Botrychium pumicola
​Pumice grape-fern
​T
​Calochortus coxii
​Crinite mariposa lily
​E
​Calochortus howellii
​Howell's mariposa lily
​T
​Calochortus indecorus
​Sexton Mountain mariposa lily
​E
​Calochortus umpquaensis
​Umpqua mariposa lily
​E
​Castilleja levisecta
​Golden paintbrush
​E
​Castilleja mendocinensis
​Mendocino coast paintbrush
​E
​Collomia renacta
​Barren valley collomia
​E
​Chloropyron maritimum ssp. palustre
​Point Reyes bird's-beak
​E
​Delphinium leucophaeum
​White rock larkspur
​E
​Delphinium pavonaceum
​Peacock larkspur​
​E
​Erigeron decumbens
​Willamette daisy
​E
​Erigeron stanselliae
​Stansell's daisy
​E
​Eriogonum chrysops
​Golden buckwheat
​T
​Eriogonum crosbyae
​Crosby's buckwheat
​T
​Erythronium elegans
​Coast Range fawn lily
​T
​Eucephalus vialis
​Wayside aster
​T
​Fritillaria gentneri
​Gentner's fritillary
​E
​Gilia millefoliata
​Seaside gilia
​E
​Gratiola heterosepala
​Boggs Lake hedge hyssop
​T
​Hackelia cronquistii
​Cronquist's stickseed
​T
​Hastingsia bracteosa
​Large-flowered rush lily
​T
​Howellia aquatilis
​Water howellia
​T
​Ivesia rhypara var. rhypara
​Grimy ivesia
​E
​Lasthenia ornduffii
​Large-flowered goldfields
​E
​Lathyrus holochlorus
​Thin-leaved pea
​E
​Lepidium davisii
​Davis' peppergrass
​T
​Lilium occidentale
​Western lily
​E
​Limnanthes pumila ssp. grandiflora
​Big-flowered wooly meadowfoam
​E
​Limnanthes pumila ssp. pumila
​Dwarf meadowfoam
​T
​Lomatium bentonitum
​Bentonite biscuitroot
​E
​Lomatium bradshawii
​Bradshaw's desert parsley
​E
​Lomatium cookii
​Cook's desert parsley
​E
​Lomatium erythrocarpum
​Red-fruited lomatium
​E
​Lomatium greenmanii
​Greenman's desert parsley
​T
​Lomatium ochocense
​Ochoco lomatium
​E
​Lupinus lepidus var. cusickii
​Cusick's lupine
​E
​Lupinus oreganus
​Kincaid's lupine
​T
​Meconella oregana
​White fairy poppy
​T
​Mentzelia mollis
​Smooth mentzelia
​E
​Mentzelia packardiae
​Packard's mentzelia
​T
​Microseris howellii
​Howell's microseris
​T
​Mirabilis macfarlanei
​Macfarlane's four o'clock
​E
​Monardella angustifolia
​Leslie Gulch monardella
​T
​Navarretia willamettensis
​Willamette navarretia
​E
​Oenothera wolfii
​Wolf's evening primrose
​T
​Penstemon hesperius
​Tall western penstemon
​E
​Phacelia argentea
​Silvery phacelia
​T
​Pinus albucaulis
​Whitebark pine
​T
​Plagiobothrys hirtus
​Rough popcornflower
​E
​Plagiobothrys lamprocarpus
​Shiny-fruited allocarya
​E
​Pleuropogon oregonus
​Oregon semaphore grass
​T
​Pyrrocoma radiata
​Snake River goldenweed
​E
​Pyrrocoma scaberula
​Rough goldenweed
​E
​Rorippa columbiae
​Columbia yellowcress​
​E
​Sericocarpus rigidus
​White-topped aster
​T
​Sidalcea nelsoniana
​Nelson's checkermallow
​T
​Silene douglasii var. oraria
​Cascade Head catchfly
​T
​Silene spaldingii
​Spalding's campion
​E
​Sisyrinchium hitchcockii
​Hitchcock's blue-eyed grass
​E
​Stephanomeria malheurensis
​Malheur wire-lettuce
​E
​Thelypodium eucosmum
​Arrow-leaf thelypody
​T
​Thelypodium howellii ssp. spectabilis
​Howell's spectacular thelypody
​E
​Trifolium owyheense
​Owyhee clover​
​E

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