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Slender Pentachaeta (Pentachaeta exilis ssp. aeolica)

Photo Credit: Richard Spellenberg

Global Rank: T2 - Imperiled
Legal Status: N/A
Family: Asteraceae
State: CA
Nature Serve ID: 128391
Lifeform: Forb/herb
Date Inducted in National Collection:

Description:

Pentachaeta exilis ssp. aeolica is an annual herb also known as the San Benito Pentachaeta.

Where is Slender Pentachaeta (Pentachaeta exilis ssp. aeolica) located in the wild?

Habitat:

Pentachaeta exilis ssp. aeolica dwells in cismontane woodland and grasslands of the valleys and foothills in Northern California. [CNPS]

Distribution:

There are about 16 occurrences of Pentachaeta exilis ssp. aeolica located in Monterey, San Benito and Santa Clara Counties of California. [CNPS]

States & Provinces:

Slender Pentachaeta can be found in California

Which CPC Partners conserve Slender Pentachaeta (Pentachaeta exilis ssp. aeolica)?

Santa Barbara Botanic Garden

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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 4 accessions of Pentachaeta exilis subsp. aeolica in orthodox seed collection. There are as many as 7169 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 4 seed accessions of Pentachaeta exilis subsp. aeolica from 3 plant occurrences listed in the California Natural Diversity Database. These collections together emcompass 1501 maternal plants