Heller's Schiedea (Schiedea helleri)

Global Rank: G1 - Critically Imperiled
Legal Status: Federally Endangered
Family: Caryophyllaceae
State: HI
Nature Serve ID: 146808
Lifeform: Forb/herb, Vine
Date Inducted in National Collection:

Description:

Where is Heller's Schiedea (Schiedea helleri) located in the wild?

States & Provinces:

Heller's Schiedea can be found in Hawaii

Which CPC Partners conserve Heller's Schiedea (Schiedea helleri)?

National Tropical Botanical Garden

Not Sponsored

Assigned 06/09/17

Harold L. Lyon Arboretum

Not Sponsored

Assigned 07/24/23

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Conservation Actions

01/01/2010

competition with the noxious alien plant prickly Florida blackberry risk of extinction from naturally occurring events and/or reduced reproductive vigor due to the small number of extant individuals

01/01/2010

possibly extinct only known population consists of 30 to 40 mature individuals found on a steep cliff