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Plant Profile

Stonecrop Gily-flower (Aliciella sedifolia)

Global Rank: G1 - Critically Imperiled
Legal Status: N/A
Family: Polemoniaceae
State: CO
Nature Serve ID: 130087
Lifeform: Forb/herb
Date Inducted in National Collection:

Description:

A perennial, taprooted herb with a basal rosette of leaves. Leaves are succulent, linear. Flowers are borne in a spikelike cluster.

Where is Stonecrop Gily-flower (Aliciella sedifolia) located in the wild?

Habitat:

High alpine zone on a substrate of white volcanic ash.

Distribution:

An extremely rare endemic of the alpine zone of the San Juan Mountains of Colorado. Estimated range is 8 square kilometers (3 square miles).

States & Provinces:

Stonecrop Gily-flower can be found in Colorado

Which CPC Partners conserve Stonecrop Gily-flower (Aliciella sedifolia)?

Denver Botanic Gardens

Not Sponsored

Assigned 06/09/17

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Conservation Actions

Nature Serve Biotics

05/02/2017

An extremely rare endemic of the alpine zone of the San Juan Mountains of Colorado. It had been thought to be extinct. Two locations are known as of 2007.

Brandeg., Mary VB Goshorn

01/01/2010

The primary threat at this time is considered to be off road vehicle use (CNHP Scorecard 2006). Other threats are from other recreational uses, sheep grazing and its secondary impacts, mining, exotic species invasion, effects of small population size, glo

Brandeg., Mary VB Goshorn

01/01/2010

Total estimated sum of individuals from 1 of 2 documented occurrences is 1,100. The other occurrence is historical and does not report the number of individuals.

Brandeg., Mary VB Goshorn

01/01/2010

Unknown

Brandeg., Mary VB Goshorn

01/01/2010

On USFS Sensitive Species list

Brandeg., Mary VB Goshorn

01/01/2010

From NatureServe: There are no data on population trends for G. sedifolia; however, there is currently no evidence of drastic population declines. Originally collected in 1892, then not recollected until 1995 by Sue Komarek. It is likely that other occurrences remain to be discovered, so more species inventory work is needed before the population trend can be accurately assessed (Anderson 2004).

Brandeg., Mary VB Goshorn

01/01/2010

Unknown