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Hoffmann's Slender-flowered Gilia (Gilia tenuiflora ssp. hoffmannii)

Photo Credit: John Game

Global Rank: T1 - Critically Imperiled
Legal Status: Federally Endangered
Family: Polemoniaceae
State: CA
Nature Serve ID: 151766
Lifeform: Forb/herb
Date Inducted in National Collection:

Description:

Gilia tenuiflora ssp. hoffmannii is 6-12 cm in length and has a multi-branched stem which emerges from a basal rosette of leaves, each leaf divided into long, straight leaflets. The flower, which blooms from April through June, is lavender with a long stigma protruding from its white throat.

Where is Hoffmann's Slender-flowered Gilia (Gilia tenuiflora ssp. hoffmannii) located in the wild?

Habitat:

Gilia tenuiflora ssp. hoffmannii can be found in coastal dune, bluff and sage scrub communities.

Distribution:

Gilia tenuiflora ssp. hoffmannii is known from only three occurrences at East Pt., Skunk Pt., and near Carrington Pt. on Santa Rosa Island, California. [CNPS]

States & Provinces:

Hoffmann's Slender-flowered Gilia can be found in California

Which CPC Partners conserve Hoffmann's Slender-flowered Gilia (Gilia tenuiflora ssp. hoffmannii)?

California Botanic Garden

Not Sponsored

Conservation Actions

Assigned 06/09/17

Santa Barbara Botanic Garden

Not Sponsored

Conservation Actions

Assigned 06/13/17

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Conservation Actions

09/01/2020

Based on an September 2020 extract of the California Plant Rescue Database, Santa Barbara Botanic Garden holds 8 accessions of Gilia tenuiflora subsp. hoffmannii in orthodox seed collection. There are as many as 12464 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 3 accessions of Gilia tenuiflora subsp. hoffmannii in orthodox seed collection. There are as many as 14360 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, Santa Barbara Botanic Garden has collected 10 seed accessions of Gilia tenuiflora subsp. hoffmannii from 4 plant occurrences listed in the California Natural Diversity Database. These collections together emcompass 145 maternal plants

01/01/2010

Soil loss, habitat alterabion by alien mammals, native seabirds, vehicular traffic, overcollection for scientific or horticultural purposes, competition with alien platn taxa, and the chance of random extinction. habitat alteration due to vehicula

01/01/2010