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Palmate-bracted Bird's-beak (Chloropyron palmatum)

  • Global Rank: G1 - Critically Imperiled
  • Legal Status: Federally Endangered
  • Family: Orobanchaceae
  • State: CA
  • Nature Serve ID: 153527
  • Lifeform: Forb/herb
  • Date Inducted in National Collection: 04/04/1991
Description:

Where is Palmate-bracted Bird's-beak (Chloropyron palmatum) located in the wild?

Habitat:

saline-alkali soil

Distribution:

NA

States & Provinces:

Palmate-bracted Bird's-beak can be found in California

Which CPC Partners conserve Palmate-bracted Bird's-beak (Chloropyron palmatum)?

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, California Botanic Garden holds 6 accessions of Chloropyron palmatum in orthodox seed collection. There are as many as 23881 seeds of this species in their collection - although some may have been used for curation testing or sent to back up.

Nature Serve Biotics
  • 05/02/2017

Narrow range in California, with few occurrences. This species is threatened by a whole host of different factors.

  • 01/01/2010

vandalism waste water treatment facilities agriculture urbanization

  • 01/01/2010

3 populations, one of which is a transplant 5 sites in wildlife preserves 3 populations of 10,000 healthy plants

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Nomenclature
Taxon Chloropyron palmatum
Authority (Ferris) Tank & J.M. Egger
Family Orobanchaceae
CPC Number 1059
ITIS 834158
USDA COPA8
Duration Annual
Common Names Ferris' Bird's-beak | Palmate-bracted Bird's-beak | palmbract bird's-beak
Associated Scientific Names Cordylanthus palmatus | Chloropyron palmatum | Cordylanthus carnulosus | Cordylanthus palmatus ssp. carnulosus | Adenostegia palmata
Distribution NA
State Rank
State State Rank
California S1
Ecological Relationships

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Pollinators
Common Name Name in Text Association Type Source InteractionID
Bees
Bumble bees Bombus californicus Confirmed Pollinator Link
Bumble bees Bombus vosnesenskii Confirmed Pollinator Link
Bumble bees Bombus occidentalis Confirmed Pollinator Link
Sweat bees Halictus tripartitus Confirmed Pollinator Link
Sweat bees Dialictus Confirmed Pollinator Link
Sweat bees Evylaeus Confirmed Pollinator Link
Sweat bees Halictidae Confirmed Pollinator Link
Other
Wind Suspected Pollinator Floral Link

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