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Plant Profile

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:

States & Provinces:

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

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

University of California Botanical Garden

Not Sponsored

Assigned 06/09/17

California Botanic Garden

Not Sponsored

Conservation Actions

Assigned 06/09/17

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

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