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San Francisco Popcorn-flower (Plagiobothrys diffusus)

  • Global Rank: G1 - Critically Imperiled
  • Legal Status: N/A
  • Family: Boraginaceae
  • State: CA
  • Nature Serve ID: 153902
  • Lifeform: Forb/herb
  • Date Inducted in National Collection: 01/17/2019
Description:

Where is San Francisco Popcorn-flower (Plagiobothrys diffusus) located in the wild?

States & Provinces:

San Francisco Popcorn-flower can be found in California

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Conservation Actions

  • 09/01/2020
  • Orthodox Seed Banking

Based on an September 2020 extract of the California Plant Rescue Database, University of California-Santa Cruz Arboretum & Botanic Garden holds 2 accessions of Plagiobothrys diffusus in orthodox seed collection. We are uncertain as to how many total seeds are in this collection.

  • 08/05/2020
  • Seed Collection

Based on an August 2020 extract of the California Plant Rescue Database, University of California-Santa Cruz Arboretum & Botanic Garden has collected 2 seed accessions of Plagiobothrys diffusus from 1 plant occurrences listed in the California Natural Diversity Database. These collections together emcompass an unknown number of maternal plants

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Nomenclature
Taxon Plagiobothrys diffusus
Authority (Greene) I.M. Johnston
Family Boraginaceae
CPC Number 3496
ITIS 31981
USDA PLTOD
Duration Annual
Common Names San Francisco Popcornflower
Associated Scientific Names Plagiobothrys diffusus
Distribution
State Rank
State State Rank
California S1
Ecological Relationships

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