Whitney's Farewell-to-spring (Clarkia amoena ssp. whitneyi)

Global Rank: T1 - Critically Imperiled
Legal Status: N/A
Family: Onagraceae
State: CA
Nature Serve ID: 128801
Lifeform: Forb/herb
Date Inducted in National Collection:

Description:

Where is Whitney's Farewell-to-spring (Clarkia amoena ssp. whitneyi) located in the wild?

States & Provinces:

Whitney's Farewell-to-spring can be found in California

Which CPC Partners conserve Whitney's Farewell-to-spring (Clarkia amoena ssp. whitneyi)?

University of California Botanical Garden

Not Sponsored

Conservation Actions

Assigned 02/09/18

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Conservation Actions

09/01/2020

Based on an September 2020 extract of the California Plant Rescue Database, University of California Botanical Garden holds 2 accessions of Clarkia amoena subsp. whitneyi in orthodox seed collection. We are uncertain as to how many total seeds are in this collection.

09/01/2020

Based on an September 2020 extract of the California Plant Rescue Database, California Botanic Garden holds 1 accessions of Clarkia amoena subsp. whitneyi in orthodox seed collection. There are as many as 2990 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, University of California Botanical Garden has collected 2 seed accessions of Clarkia amoena subsp. whitneyi from 1 plant occurrences listed in the California Natural Diversity Database. These collections together emcompass an unknown number of maternal plants