Giant Spanish-needle (Palafoxia arida var. gigantea)

Global Rank: T2 - Imperiled
Legal Status: N/A
Family: Asteraceae
State: AZ, CA
Nature Serve ID: 138779
Lifeform: Subshrub, Forb/herb
Date Inducted in National Collection: 12/15/2020

Description:

Where is Giant Spanish-needle (Palafoxia arida var. gigantea) located in the wild?

States & Provinces:

Giant Spanish-needle can be found in Arizona, California

Which CPC Partners conserve Giant Spanish-needle (Palafoxia arida var. gigantea)?

National Laboratory for Genetic Resource Preservation (USDA-ARS)

Not Sponsored

Assigned

California Botanic Garden

Not Sponsored

Conservation Actions

Assigned

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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 2 accessions of Palafoxia arida var. gigantea in orthodox seed collection. There are as many as 1668 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 2 seed accessions of Palafoxia arida var. gigantea from 2 plant occurrences listed in the California Natural Diversity Database. These collections together emcompass an unknown number of maternal plants