Santa Cruz Island Bird's-foot-trefoil (Lotus argophyllus var. niveus)

Global Rank: T3 - Vulnerable
Legal Status: N/A
Family: Fabaceae
State: CA
Nature Serve ID: 140872
Lifeform: Subshrub, Forb/herb
Date Inducted in National Collection: 12/15/2020

Description:

Taxon and synonym as varified by ITIS.

Where is Santa Cruz Island Bird's-foot-trefoil (Lotus argophyllus var. niveus) located in the wild?

States & Provinces:

Santa Cruz Island Bird's-foot-trefoil can be found in California

Which CPC Partners conserve Santa Cruz Island Bird's-foot-trefoil (Lotus argophyllus var. niveus)?

Regional Parks Botanic Garden

Not Sponsored

Assigned

California Botanic Garden

Not Sponsored

Conservation Actions

Assigned

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 1 accessions of Acmispon argophyllus var. niveus in orthodox seed collection. There are as many as 2244 seeds of this species in their collection - although some may have been used for curation testing or sent to back up.