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Plant Profile

Crystal Springs Lessingia (Lessingia arachnoidea)

Global Rank: G2 - Imperiled
Legal Status: N/A
Family: Asteraceae
State: CA
Nature Serve ID: 145853
Lifeform: Forb/herb
Date Inducted in National Collection:

Description:

annual herb of the aster family

Where is Crystal Springs Lessingia (Lessingia arachnoidea) located in the wild?

Habitat:

occurs on open serpentine barrens in cismontane woodland, coastal scrub and valley foothill grassland at elevations of approximately below 200 meters

Distribution:

States & Provinces:

Crystal Springs Lessingia can be found in California

Which CPC Partners conserve Crystal Springs Lessingia (Lessingia arachnoidea)?

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 Lessingia arachnoidea in orthodox seed collection. There are as many as 10831 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 2 seed accessions of Lessingia arachnoidea from 1 plant occurrences listed in the California Natural Diversity Database. These collections together emcompass 8 maternal plants

01/01/2010

invasion of non-native species, recreational activities within the park

01/01/2010

8 confirmed occurrences are known, 7 in San Mateo Co. and 1 in Sonoma Co.