Burgress' Broomshrub (Lepidospartum burgessii)

Global Rank: G2 - Imperiled
Legal Status: N/A
Family: Asteraceae
State: NM, TX
Nature Serve ID: 132398
Lifeform: Shrub
Date Inducted in National Collection:

Description:

Where is Burgress' Broomshrub (Lepidospartum burgessii) located in the wild?

States & Provinces:

Burgress' Broomshrub can be found in New Mexico, Texas

Which CPC Partners conserve Burgress' Broomshrub (Lepidospartum burgessii)?

Chicago Botanic Garden

Not Sponsored

Assigned 06/09/17

Cincinnati Zoo & Botanical Garden

Not Sponsored

Assigned 06/13/17

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Conservation Actions

Nature Serve Biotics

05/02/2017

Known only from a small area of west Texas and adjacent New Mexico, where entirely restricted to gypsum substrates, although locally abundant at some of its few sites.