Robust Spineflower (Chorizanthe robusta var. robusta)

Global Rank: T1 - Critically Imperiled
Legal Status: Federally Endangered
Family: Polygonaceae
State: CA
Nature Serve ID: 144478
Lifeform: Forb/herb
Date Inducted in National Collection: 12/15/2020

Description:

annual variety of spineflowr in the Pungentes section of the buckwheat family (Polygonaceae).

Where is Robust Spineflower (Chorizanthe robusta var. robusta) located in the wild?

States & Provinces:

Robust Spineflower can be found in California

Which CPC Partners conserve Robust Spineflower (Chorizanthe robusta var. robusta)?

University of California Botanical Garden

Not Sponsored

Conservation Actions

Assigned

CPC's Plant Sponsorship Program provides long term stewardship of rare plants in our National Collection. We are so grateful for all our donors who have made the Plant Sponsorship Program so successful. We are in the process of acknowledging all our wonderful plant sponsorship donors on our website. This is a work in progress and will be updated regularly.

Conservation Actions

09/01/2020

Based on an September 2020 extract of the California Plant Rescue Database, University of California Botanical Garden holds 1 accessions of Chorizanthe robusta var. robusta in orthodox seed collection. We are uncertain as to how many total seeds are in this collection.

08/05/2020

Based on an August 2020 extract of the California Plant Rescue Database, University of California Botanical Garden has collected 1 seed accessions of Chorizanthe robusta var. robusta from 1 plant occurrences listed in the California Natural Diversity Database. These collections together emcompass an unknown number of maternal plants