Cave Evening-primrose (Oenothera cavernae)

Global Rank: G2 - Imperiled
Legal Status: N/A
Family: Onagraceae
State: AZ, CA, NV, UT
Nature Serve ID: 157998
Lifeform: Forb/herb
Date Inducted in National Collection:

Description:

Where is Cave Evening-primrose (Oenothera cavernae) located in the wild?

States & Provinces:

Cave Evening-primrose can be found in Arizona, California, Nevada, Utah

Which CPC Partners conserve Cave Evening-primrose (Oenothera cavernae)?

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 4 accessions of Oenothera cavernae in orthodox seed collection. There are as many as 13361 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 Botanic Garden has collected 4 seed accessions of Oenothera cavernae from 3 plant occurrences listed in the California Natural Diversity Database. These collections together emcompass an unknown number of maternal plants