Sharsmith’s Dwarf-flax (Hesperolinon sharsmithiae)

Global Rank: G2 - Imperiled
Legal Status: N/A
Family: Linaceae
State: CA
Nature Serve ID: 884570
Lifeform: Forb/herb
Date Inducted in National Collection: 12/15/2020

Description:

Where is Sharsmith’s Dwarf-flax (Hesperolinon sharsmithiae) located in the wild?

States & Provinces:

Sharsmith’s Dwarf-flax can be found in California

Which CPC Partners conserve Sharsmith’s Dwarf-flax (Hesperolinon sharsmithiae)?

California Native Plant Society

Not Sponsored

Conservation Actions

Assigned

University of California-Santa Cruz Arboretum & Botanic Garden

Not Sponsored

Conservation Actions

Assigned

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Conservation Actions

09/01/2020

Based on an September 2020 extract of the California Plant Rescue Database, University of California-Santa Cruz Arboretum & Botanic Garden holds 1 accessions of Hesperolinon sharsmithiae in orthodox seed collection. There are as many as 181 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, California Native Plant Society has collected 1 seed accessions of Hesperolinon sharsmithiae from 1 plant occurrences listed in the California Natural Diversity Database. These collections together emcompass an unknown number of maternal plants