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Trask's Cryptantha (Cryptantha traskiae)

  • Global Rank: G2 - Imperiled
  • Legal Status: N/A
  • Family: Boraginaceae
  • State: CA
  • Nature Serve ID: 156976
  • Lifeform: Forb/herb
  • Date Inducted in National Collection:
Description:

Where is Trask's Cryptantha (Cryptantha traskiae) located in the wild?

States & Provinces:

Trask's Cryptantha can be found in California

Which CPC Partners conserve Trask's Cryptantha (Cryptantha traskiae)?

  • 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
      • Orthodox Seed Banking

    Based on an September 2020 extract of the California Plant Rescue Database, California Botanic Garden holds 1 accessions of Cryptantha traskiae in orthodox seed collection. There are as many as 13655 seeds of this species in their collection - although some may have been used for curation testing or sent to back up.

    • 08/05/2020
      • Seed Collection

    Based on an August 2020 extract of the California Plant Rescue Database, California Botanic Garden has collected 1 seed accessions of Cryptantha traskiae from 1 plant occurrences listed in the California Natural Diversity Database. These collections together emcompass an unknown number of maternal plants

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    Nomenclature
    Taxon Cryptantha traskiae
    Authority I.M. Johnston
    Family Boraginaceae
    CPC Number 1142
    ITIS 31881
    USDA CRTR7
    Duration Annual
    Common Names Trask's Cryptantha
    Associated Scientific Names Cryptantha traskiae | Cryptantha traskae | Cryptantha torreyana var. traskae
    Distribution
    State Rank
    State State Rank
    California S2
    Ecological Relationships

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    Mining bees Andrena Not Specified Link
    Leaf-cutting bees Anthidium Not Specified Link
    Leaf-cutting bees Anthocopa Not Specified Link
    Leaf-cutting bees Ashmeadiella Not Specified Link
    Leaf-cutting bees Chelostoma Not Specified Link
    Cellophane bees Colletes Not Specified Link
    Sweat bees Conanthalictus Not Specified Link
    Sweat bees Dufourea Not Specified Link
    Sweat bees Halictoides Not Specified Link
    Sweat bees Halictus Not Specified Link
    Leaf-cutting bees Heriades Not Specified Link
    Melittid bees Hesperapis Not Specified Link
    Leaf-cutting bees Hoplitis Not Specified Link
    Masked bees Hylaeus Not Specified Link
    Leaf-cutting bees Megachile Not Specified Link
    Leaf-cutting bees Osmia Not Specified Link
    Leaf-cutting bees Proteriades Not Specified Link
    Leaf-cutting bees Ashmeadiella Not Specified Link

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