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Plant Profile

Palmer's Rabbitbrush (Ericameria palmeri ssp. palmeri)

Global Rank: T2 - Imperiled
Legal Status: N/A
Family: Asteraceae
State: CA
Nature Serve ID: 139663
Lifeform: Shrub
Date Inducted in National Collection:

Description:

This perennial shrub is 10-40 dm tall and has curved leaves 20-40 mm in length and 4-8 ray flowers. There are 2n = 18 chromosomes (Urbatsch, 2017). Blooming occurs from September to November (CNPS, 2010).

Where is Palmer's Rabbitbrush (Ericameria palmeri ssp. palmeri) located in the wild?

Habitat:

Coastal sage scrub, chaparral Occurs at an elevation of 30 - 600 m (CNPS, 2010).

Distribution:

San Diego County Baja California

States & Provinces:

Palmer's Rabbitbrush can be found in California

Which CPC Partners conserve Palmer's Rabbitbrush (Ericameria palmeri ssp. palmeri)?

San Diego Zoo Wildlife Alliance

Not Sponsored

Conservation Actions

Assigned 06/09/17

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Conservation Actions

09/01/2020

Based on an September 2020 extract of the California Plant Rescue Database, San Diego Zoo Global holds 3 accessions of Ericameria palmeri var. palmeri in orthodox seed collection. There are as many as 7692 seeds of this species in their collection - although some may have been used for curation testing or sent to back up.

08/05/2020

Based on an August 2020 extract of the California Plant Rescue Database, San Diego Zoo Global has collected 3 seed accessions of Ericameria palmeri var. palmeri from 3 plant occurrences listed in the California Natural Diversity Database. These collections together emcompass 55 maternal plants

Nature Serve Biotics

05/02/2017

Ericameria palmeri var. palmeri is known from approximately six extant occurrences in San Diego County, California. It also occurs in Baja California. Threats include development.

Stephanie Steele

04/15/2017

Development, road construction, road maintenance, vehicles (CNPS, 2010)

Stephanie Steele

04/15/2017

There are 34 known occurrences of this species, including 32 extant occurrences and 2 possibly extirpated occurrences (CDFW California Natural Diversity Database, from CNPS 2010).