Species Information
Tharp's Blue Star - Amsonia tharpii
Image courtesy of New Mexico Rare Plants
Species Extent (New Mexico)
General Description
Status
Observations in Natural Heritage New Mexico Database
Number of Subpopulations: 12
Number of Mapped Locations: 188
Number of Observations: 256
Observation date range: 04-28-1989 to 05-30-2020
External Links
NatureServe Explorer
New Mexico Rare Plants Website
Environmental Conservation Online System (ECOS)
Species Related Publications
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- specimen
- WSMR SBE
- Delphinium robustum
- Agastache cana
- Agastache pringlei var. verticillata
- Aletes macdougalii ssp. breviradiatus
- Aliciella formosa
- Allium gooddingii
- Amsonia tharpii
- Anulocaulis gypsogenus
- Apacheria chiricahuensis
- Aquilegia chrysantha var. chaplinei
- Astragalus oocalycis
- Cirsium gilense
- Delphinium alpestre
- Draba mogollonica
- Grindelia arizonica var. neomexicana
- Hackelia hirsuta
- Lesquerella gooddingii
- Lesquerella lata
- Penstemon lentus
- Penstemon pseudoparvus
- Phacelia neomexicana
- Philadelphus argyrocalyx
- Phlox caryophylla
- Polygonatum cobrense
- Senecio cynthioides
- Senecio neomexicanus var. metcalfei
- Senecio sacramentanus
- Sphaeralcea procera
- Tonestus microcephalus
- ALAMO PENSTEMON
- ARBORALES MILKVETCH
- ARIZONA LIMESTONE ROSEWOOD
- AZTEC GILIA
- BISTI FLEABANE
- CASTETTER MILKVETCH
- CHAPLINE'S COLUMBINE
- CHIRICAHUA DOCK
- CHUSKA MT MILKVETCH
- CINDER PHACELIA
- COLORADO LARKSPUR
- CORY'S JOINT-FIR
- DUNE UNICORN-PLANT
- DWARF MILKWEED
- FUGATE'S AMSONIA
- GILIA THISTLE
- GOODDING BLADDERPOD
- GRIFFITH'S SALTBUSH
- GUADALUPE CLIFFDAISY
- GUADALUPE MESCALBEAN
- GUADALUPE NEEDLE GRASS
- GUADALUPE VALERIAN
- GYP GROUND PLUM
- GYPSOGENUS RINGSTEM
- GYPSUM SCALEBROOM
- GYPSUM WILD-BUCKWHEAT
- HAIRLESS FLEABANE
- HANDSOME BEARDTONGUE
- HESS'S FLEABANE
- HORRID HERRICKIA
- KNIGHT MILKVETCH
- kuenzler's cactus
- LUNA COUNTY GLOBEMALLOW
- MANCOS SALTBUSH
- MESA VERDE ALETES
- METCALFE'S GROUNDSEL
- MIMBRES FIGWORT
- MOGOLLON DEATH CAMAS
- MOGOLLON WHITLOWGRASS
- MOSQUITO PLANT
- MOUNTAIN LILY
- MT. GRAHAM BEARDTONGUE
- NARROW-MOUTH PENSTEMON
- New Mexico beardtongue
- New Mexico gumweed
- NEW MEXICO MILK-VETCH
- NEW MEXICO SCORPION-WEED
- New Mexico Stickseed
- ORGAN MOUNTAIN INDIAN-PAINTBRUSH
- ORGAN MOUNTAINS GIANT HYSSOP
- PAGOSA PHLOX
- Plain thistle
- RATON GUMWEED
- RIPLEY MILKVETCH
- Robust larkspur
- SACRAMENTO GROUNDSEL
- SACRAMENTO MOUNTAIN FLEABANE
- SAN CARLOS WILD BUCKWHEAT
- SAN MATEO PENSTEMON
- SAND PRICKLY-PEAR
- SANDHILL GOOSEFOOT
- Sapello Canyon larkspur
- SIERRA BLANCA CINQUEFOIL
- SILVER-CUP MOCK-ORANGE
- SMALL-HEAD GOLDEN-WEED
- Southwest Solomon's seal
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- WSMR SBE
- Aliciella formosa
- Packera quaerens
- Perityle cernua
- Perityle staurophylla var. homoflora
- Perityle staurophylla var. staurophylla
- AZTEC GILIA
- FUGATE'S AMSONIA
- GILA GROUNDSEL
- GRIFFITH'S SALTBUSH
- GYPSUM SCALEBROOM
- GYPSUM TOWNSEND'S ASTER
- NEW MEXICO ROCK DAISY
- NODDING ROCKDAISY
- ORGAN EVENING-PRIMROSE
- SAN ANDRES ROCK DAISY
- SMOOTH FIGWORT
- SPELLENBERG GROUNDSEL
- Rumex orthoneurus
- Streptanthus sparsiflorus
- Hieracium pringlei
- Justicia wrightii
- Lepidospartum burgessii
- Eriogonum capillare
- Helianthus paradoxus
- herbarium specimens
- Cirsium wrightii
- Erigeron bistiensis
- Erigeron hessii
- Atriplex griffithsii
- Chaetopappa elegans
- Chaetopappa hersheyi
- Wrinkled marshsnail
- rattlesnake fern
- Asclepias uncialis
- Allium gooddingii
- Amsonia tharpii
- Asclepias uncialis ssp. uncialis
- BISTI FLEABANE
- CHIRICAHUA DOCK
- DWARF MILKWEED
- GRIFFITH'S SALTBUSH
- GUADALUPE CLIFFDAISY
- GYPSUM SCALEBROOM
- PRINGLE'S HAWKWEED
- SIERRA BLANCA CLIFFDAISY
- THARP'S BLUE STAR
2000
University of New Mexico Herbarium. 2000. Excel spreadsheet containing herbarium specimen records for LE, LT, C and SCF species.
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2010
Bureau of Land Management. 2010. Red Lake area surveys for Amsonia tharpii. Carlsbad Field Office.
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2013
Sivinski, B. 2013. Amsonia tharpii field data, summer 2013. File geodatabase to NHNM.
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1999
New Mexico State University Herbarium. 1999. Excel spreadsheet containing specimen records at the NMSU herbarium.
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2013
Roth, D. 2013. Survey results for Amsonia tharpii. NM Energy, Minerals and Natural Resouces Department.
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2014
Sivinski, R. 2014. Populations of Amsonia tharpii at Mescalero Ridge. Shapefiles forwarded to Natural Heritage New Mexico.
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2007
Howard, M. 2007. Inventory of Tharp's bluestar in the Carlsbad Area: report on 2006 field work. Bureau of Land Management, New Mexico State Office. 24p.
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89
S89DUNSBNMUS, Legacy reference. Physical copy not yet located.
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90
S90DUNSBNMUS, Legacy reference. Physical copy not yet located.
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95
S95SIVSBNMUS, Legacy reference. Physical copy not yet located.
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96
S96SIVSBNMUS, Legacy reference. Physical copy not yet located.
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2016
SEINet. 2016. Downloaded New Mexico data for tracked plants for NM Plant Conservation Strategy.
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1989
Dunmire, B. 1989. Plant collection records from 1989. . 6 p.
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1990
Dunmire, W. 1990. Dunmire plant collection unpublished notes on Amsonia tharpii collections. 1 p + map.
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1992
Sivinski, R. 1992. Endangered plant study performance report for USFWS. 60 pp.
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1995
Sivinski, R. and K. Lightfoot. 1995. State lands rare plant survey project. 1994 progress report. Section 6 report, Project #E9, segment 9 by NM Forestry and Resources Conservation Division for U.S. Fish and Wildlife Services. New Mexico Ecological Ser
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1996
Lea, A. 1996. NMHP cooperators plant occurrence specimen data collection forms generated from specimen information in University of New Mexico Herbarium.
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