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San Francisco Campion (Silene verecunda ssp. verecunda)

  • Global Rank: T2 - Imperiled
  • Legal Status: N/A
  • Family: Caryophyllaceae
  • State: CA
  • Nature Serve ID: 136429
  • Lifeform: Forb/herb
  • Date Inducted in National Collection: 11/21/2017
Description:

Where is San Francisco Campion (Silene verecunda ssp. verecunda) located in the wild?

States & Provinces:

San Francisco Campion can be found in California

Which CPC Partners conserve San Francisco Campion (Silene verecunda ssp. verecunda)?

  • California Botanic Garden

    Not Sponsored
    Conservation Actions
    Assigned 12/12/17

  • University of California-Santa Cruz Arboretum & Botanic Garden

    Not Sponsored
    Conservation Actions
    Assigned 01/14/19
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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 18 accessions of Silene verecunda in orthodox seed collection. We are uncertain as to how many total seeds are in this collection.

    • 09/01/2020
      • Orthodox Seed Banking

    Based on an September 2020 extract of the California Plant Rescue Database, University of California Botanical Garden holds 1 accessions of Silene verecunda in orthodox seed collection. We are uncertain as to how many total seeds are in this collection.

    • 09/01/2020
      • Orthodox Seed Banking

    Based on an September 2020 extract of the California Plant Rescue Database, California Botanic Garden holds 6 accessions of Silene verecunda in orthodox seed collection. There are as many as 3405 seeds of this species in their collection - although some may have been used for curation testing or sent to back up.

    • 08/05/2020
      • Seed Collection

    Based on an August 2020 extract of the California Plant Rescue Database, University of California Botanical Garden has collected 1 seed accessions of Silene verecunda from 1 plant occurrences listed in the California Natural Diversity Database. These collections together emcompass an unknown number of maternal plants

    • 08/05/2020
      • Seed Collection

    Based on an August 2020 extract of the California Plant Rescue Database, California Botanic Garden has collected 2 seed accessions of Silene verecunda from 1 plant occurrences listed in the California Natural Diversity Database. These collections together emcompass 9 maternal plants

    • 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 19 seed accessions of Silene verecunda from 4 plant occurrences listed in the California Natural Diversity Database. These collections together emcompass 30 maternal plants

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    Nomenclature
    Taxon Silene verecunda ssp. verecunda
    Authority S. Watson
    Family Caryophyllaceae
    CPC Number 4010
    ITIS 20138
    USDA SIVEV
    Duration Perennial
    Common Names Dolores Campion | San Francisco Campion | Mission Dolores Campion
    Associated Scientific Names Silene verecunda ssp. verecunda | Silene verecunda
    Distribution
    State Rank
    State State Rank
    California S2
    Ecological Relationships

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