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Menzies' Wallflower (Erysimum menziesii)

Erysimum menziesii flowers at MacKerricher State Park, Cleone, California.

Photo Credit: Caroline Iacuaniello

Global Rank: G1 - Critically Imperiled
Legal Status: Federally Endangered
Family: Brassicaceae
State: CA, OR
Nature Serve ID: 150983
Lifeform: Forb/herb
Date Inducted in National Collection:

Description:

Where is Menzies' Wallflower (Erysimum menziesii) located in the wild?

States & Provinces:

Menzies' Wallflower can be found in California, Oregon

Which CPC Partners conserve Menzies' Wallflower (Erysimum menziesii)?

California Botanic Garden

Not Sponsored

Conservation Actions

Assigned 02/08/18

University of California Botanical Garden

Not Sponsored

Conservation Actions

Assigned 02/08/18

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Conservation Actions

09/01/2020

Based on an September 2020 extract of the California Plant Rescue Database, University of California Botanical Garden holds 1 accessions of Erysimum menziesii in orthodox seed collection. We are uncertain as to how many total seeds are in this collection.

09/01/2020

Based on an September 2020 extract of the California Plant Rescue Database, California Botanic Garden holds 1 accessions of Erysimum menziesii in orthodox seed collection. There are as many as 3469 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 1 seed accessions of Erysimum menziesii from 1 plant occurrences listed in the California Natural Diversity Database. These collections together emcompass an unknown number of maternal plants