Fort Ord Spineflower (Chorizanthe minutiflora)

Global Rank: G1 - Critically Imperiled
Legal Status: N/A
Family: Polygonaceae
State: CA
Nature Serve ID: 983157
Lifeform: Forb/herb
Date Inducted in National Collection:

Description:

Where is Fort Ord Spineflower (Chorizanthe minutiflora) located in the wild?

States & Provinces:

Fort Ord Spineflower can be found in California

Which CPC Partners conserve Fort Ord Spineflower (Chorizanthe minutiflora)?

Santa Barbara Botanic Garden

Not Sponsored

Conservation Actions

Assigned 12/12/17

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Conservation Actions

Center for Plant Conservation

07/02/2021

In 2014, Morgan et. al published a description of Chorizanthe minutiflora in Phytoneuron that included a key for identification as well as a discussion of its range and ecology.

09/01/2020

Based on an September 2020 extract of the California Plant Rescue Database, Santa Barbara Botanic Garden holds 1 accessions of Chorizanthe minutiflora in orthodox seed collection. There are as many as 3432 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, Santa Barbara Botanic Garden has collected 1 seed accessions of Chorizanthe minutiflora from 1 plant occurrences listed in the California Natural Diversity Database. These collections together emcompass 59 maternal plants