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Plant Profile

Pariette Cactus (Sclerocactus brevispinus)

Photo Credit: Red Butte Garden

Global Rank: G1 - Critically Imperiled
Legal Status: Federally Threatened
Family: Cactaceae
State: UT
Nature Serve ID: 161086
Lifeform: Shrub
Categories of Interest: Cacti/Succulents
Date Inducted in National Collection:

Description:

Where is Pariette Cactus (Sclerocactus brevispinus) located in the wild?

States & Provinces:

Pariette Cactus can be found in Utah

Which CPC Partners conserve Pariette Cactus (Sclerocactus brevispinus)?

Red Butte Garden and Arboretum

Not Sponsored

Conservation Actions

Assigned 06/09/17

National Laboratory for Genetic Resource Preservation (USDA-ARS)

Not Sponsored

Conservation Actions

Assigned 01/16/24

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

Tina Stanley

01/16/2024

Red Butte Garden has sent at least 90 wild-collected seeds of Sclerocactus brevispinus to the USDA-ARS National Laboratory for Genetic Resources Preservation for long term storage.

Tina Stanley

01/16/2024

Between 2008 and 2014, Red Butte Garden staff made 6 wild seed collections representing 250 seeds from 34 individuals of Sclerocactus brevispinus. 140 of these seeds are held in long term storage at Red Butte Garden. In addition to these seed collections, 9 individuals are held as living specimens at Red Butte Garden.