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Plant Profile

Horrid Herrickia (Herrickia horrida)

Global Rank: G3 - Vulnerable
Legal Status: N/A
Family: Asteraceae
State: CO, NM
Nature Serve ID: 147254
Lifeform: Forb/herb
Date Inducted in National Collection: 10/08/2021

Description:

Where is Horrid Herrickia (Herrickia horrida) located in the wild?

States & Provinces:

Horrid Herrickia can be found in Colorado, New Mexico

Which CPC Partners conserve Horrid Herrickia (Herrickia horrida)?

National Laboratory for Genetic Resource Preservation (USDA-ARS)

Not Sponsored

Conservation Actions

Assigned 10/08/21

Lauritzen Gardens

Not Sponsored

Conservation Actions

Assigned 10/08/21

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Conservation Actions

Center for Plant Conservation

10/08/2021

Jim Locklear of Lauritzen Gardens collected Canadian River spiny aster (Eurybia horrida var. horrida syn. Herrickia horrida) (G3) in the Mills Canyon area of the Kiowa National Grassland on October 5 and 6, 2018. On his collecting day, a few were still in flower but most were in fruit. He collected seed from 40 different individual plants. Per the contract between the Center for Plant Conservation and the USFS Region 3, he tried to collect a sample of about 60 seeds per plant and recorded GPS location data for the collections.

Center for Plant Conservation

10/08/2021

Jim Locklear of Lauritzen Gardens collected Canadian River spiny aster (Eurybia horrida var. horrida syn. Herrickia horrida) (G3) in the Mills Canyon area of the Kiowa National Grassland on October 5 and 6, 2018. He collected seed from 40 different individual plants. Per the contract between the Center for Plant Conservation and the USFS Region 3, he tried to collect a sample of about 60 seeds per plant. Seed collections were divided and duplicated between Lauritzen Gardens and the National Laboratory for Genetic Resources Preservation in Fort Collins, CO.

Center for Plant Conservation

10/08/2021

Jim Locklear of Lauritzen Gardens collected Canadian River spiny aster (Eurybia horrida var. horrida syn. Herrickia horrida) (G3) in the Mills Canyon area of the Kiowa National Grassland on October 5 and 6, 2018. He collected seed from 40 different individual plants. Per the contract between the Center for Plant Conservation and the USFS Region 3, he tried to collect a sample of about 60 seeds per plant. Seed collections were divided and duplicated between Lauritzen Gardens and the National Laboratory for Genetic Resources Preservation in Fort Collins, CO.