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Coast yellow leptosiphon (Leptosiphon croceus)

  • Global Rank: G1 - Critically Imperiled
  • Legal Status: N/A
  • Family: Polemoniaceae
  • State: CA
  • Nature Serve ID: 136583
  • Lifeform: Forb/herb
  • Date Inducted in National Collection:
Description:

Where is Coast yellow leptosiphon (Leptosiphon croceus) located in the wild?

States & Provinces:

Coast yellow leptosiphon can be found in California

Which CPC Partners conserve Coast yellow leptosiphon (Leptosiphon croceus)?

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
  • Orthodox Seed Banking

Based on an September 2020 extract of the California Plant Rescue Database, University of California Botanical Garden holds 2 accessions of Leptosiphon croceus in orthodox seed collection. There are as many as 3717 seeds of this species in their collection - although some may have been used for curation testing or sent to back up.

  • 08/05/2020
  • Seed Collection

Based on an August 2020 extract of the California Plant Rescue Database, University of California Botanical Garden has collected 2 seed accessions of Leptosiphon croceus from 2 plant occurrences listed in the California Natural Diversity Database. These collections together emcompass 151 maternal plants

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Nomenclature
Taxon Leptosiphon croceus
Authority (Eastw.) Strother & Kersh
Family Polemoniaceae
CPC Number 45119
ITIS
USDA
Duration Annual
Common Names
Associated Scientific Names
Distribution
State Rank
State State Rank
California S1
Ecological Relationships

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