Rusby's Desert Mallow (Sphaeralcea rusbyi ssp. eremicola)

Global Rank: T2 - Imperiled
Legal Status: N/A
Family: Malvaceae
State: CA
Nature Serve ID: 133136
Lifeform: Subshrub, Forb/herb
Date Inducted in National Collection:

Description:

Where is Rusby's Desert Mallow (Sphaeralcea rusbyi ssp. eremicola) located in the wild?

States & Provinces:

Rusby's Desert Mallow can be found in California

Which CPC Partners conserve Rusby's Desert Mallow (Sphaeralcea rusbyi ssp. eremicola)?

California Botanic Garden

Not Sponsored

Conservation Actions

Assigned 06/09/17

CPC's Plant Sponsorship Program provides long term stewardship of rare plants in our National Collection. We are so grateful for all our donors who have made the Plant Sponsorship Program so successful. We are in the process of acknowledging all our wonderful plant sponsorship donors on our website. This is a work in progress and will be updated regularly.

Conservation Actions

09/01/2020

Based on an September 2020 extract of the California Plant Rescue Database, California Botanic Garden holds 1 accessions of Sphaeralcea rusbyi var. eremicola in orthodox seed collection. There are as many as 929 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 1 seed accessions of Sphaeralcea rusbyi var. eremicola from 1 plant occurrences listed in the California Natural Diversity Database. These collections together emcompass 20 maternal plants