Mt. Diablo Buckwheat (Eriogonum truncatum)

Global Rank: G1 - Critically Imperiled
Legal Status: N/A
Family: Polygonaceae
State: CA
Nature Serve ID: 142379
Lifeform: Forb/herb
Date Inducted in National Collection:

Description:

Where is Mt. Diablo Buckwheat (Eriogonum truncatum) located in the wild?

States & Provinces:

Mt. Diablo Buckwheat can be found in California

Which CPC Partners conserve Mt. Diablo Buckwheat (Eriogonum truncatum)?

University of California Botanical Garden

Not Sponsored

Conservation Actions

Assigned 02/09/18

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, University of California Botanical Garden holds 12 accessions of Eriogonum truncatum in orthodox seed collection. There are as many as 59 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, University of California Botanical Garden has collected 12 seed accessions of Eriogonum truncatum from 4 plant occurrences listed in the California Natural Diversity Database. These collections together emcompass 81 maternal plants