Pennell's Bird's-beak (Cordylanthus tenuis ssp. capillaris)

Global Rank: T1 - Critically Imperiled
Legal Status: Federally Endangered
Family: Orobanchaceae
State: CA
Nature Serve ID: 161546
Lifeform: Forb/herb
Date Inducted in National Collection:

Description:

herbaceous annual

Where is Pennell's Bird's-beak (Cordylanthus tenuis ssp. capillaris) located in the wild?

Habitat:

serpentine flats among chaparral at exevations of approximately 150-to 800 ft.

Distribution:

States & Provinces:

Pennell's Bird's-beak can be found in California

Which CPC Partners conserve Pennell's Bird's-beak (Cordylanthus tenuis ssp. capillaris)?

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 1 accessions of Cordylanthus tenuis subsp. capillaris in orthodox seed collection. There are as many as 7554 seeds of this species in their collection - although some may have been used for curation testing or sent to back up.

01/01/2010

potential residential development, timber harvest activities, garbage dumping, slope erosion, off-road vehicle use, and roadside maintenanceh

01/01/2010

found in two locations from the vicinity of Camp Meeker in Sonoma Co.