Diamond-petal California Poppy (Eschscholzia rhombipetala)

Global Rank: G1 - Critically Imperiled
Legal Status: N/A
Family: Papaveraceae
State: CA
Nature Serve ID: 148584
Lifeform: Forb/herb
Date Inducted in National Collection:

Description:

Where is Diamond-petal California Poppy (Eschscholzia rhombipetala) located in the wild?

States & Provinces:

Diamond-petal California Poppy can be found in California

Which CPC Partners conserve Diamond-petal California Poppy (Eschscholzia rhombipetala)?

California Botanic Garden

Not Sponsored

Conservation Actions

Assigned 06/09/17

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Conservation Actions

Center for Plant Conservation

10/06/2021

A description of the population characteristics of the Eschscholzia rombipetala found at the Lawrence Livermore Lab in Alameda county was published in Madrono, Vol. 50 in 2003.

Center for Plant Conservation

10/06/2021

A collection entry was noted in Madrono Vol. 47, from a population in Alameda county. This was the first East Bay record since 1949.

09/01/2020

Based on an September 2020 extract of the California Plant Rescue Database, University of California Botanical Garden holds 1 accessions of Eschscholzia rhombipetala in orthodox seed collection. There are as many as 6 seeds of this species in their collection - although some may have been used for curation testing or sent to back up.

09/01/2020

Based on an September 2020 extract of the California Plant Rescue Database, California Botanic Garden holds 2 accessions of Eschscholzia rhombipetala in orthodox seed collection. There are as many as 325 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 Eschscholzia rhombipetala from 1 plant occurrences listed in the California Natural Diversity Database. These collections together emcompass an unknown number of maternal plants