Showy Island Snapdragon (Gambelia speciosa)

The Channel Islands National Park Visitor Center sits at the entrance to Ventura Harbor on the coast of California. Here you can catch a boat to some of the islands. The landscaping around the building is done with plants native to the Channel Islands. When I was there recently the Island Bush Snapdragon (Galvezia speciosa) was in bloom. Personally, I think that the flower is stunningly beautiful. Photo Credit: Philip Bouchard © 2008

Global Rank: G3 - Vulnerable
Legal Status: N/A
Family: Plantaginaceae
State: CA
Nature Serve ID: 144234
Lifeform: Subshrub, Shrub
Date Inducted in National Collection:

Description:

Where is Showy Island Snapdragon (Gambelia speciosa) located in the wild?

States & Provinces:

Showy Island Snapdragon can be found in California

Which CPC Partners conserve Showy Island Snapdragon (Gambelia speciosa)?

San Diego Zoo Wildlife Alliance

Not Sponsored

Assigned 06/13/17

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 4 accessions of Gambelia speciosa in orthodox seed collection. There are as many as 4004 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 4 seed accessions of Gambelia speciosa from 4 plant occurrences listed in the California Natural Diversity Database. These collections together emcompass an unknown number of maternal plants