Borrego Valley Pepper-grass (Lepidium flavum var. felipense)

Global Rank: T1 - Critically Imperiled
Legal Status: N/A
Family: Brassicaceae
State: CA
Nature Serve ID: 142869
Lifeform: Forb/herb
Date Inducted in National Collection: 03/23/2020

Description:

Where is Borrego Valley Pepper-grass (Lepidium flavum var. felipense) located in the wild?

States & Provinces:

Borrego Valley Pepper-grass can be found in California

Which CPC Partners conserve Borrego Valley Pepper-grass (Lepidium flavum var. felipense)?

California Botanic Garden

Not Sponsored

Conservation Actions

Assigned 03/23/20

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Conservation Actions

09/01/2020

Based on an September 2020 extract of the California Plant Rescue Database, California Botanic Garden holds 1 accessions of Lepidium flavum var. felipense in orthodox seed collection. There are as many as 8467 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 1 seed accessions of Lepidium flavum var. felipense from 1 plant occurrences listed in the California Natural Diversity Database. These collections together emcompass 50 maternal plants