Desert Sand-verbena (Abronia villosa var. aurita)

Global Rank: T2 - Imperiled
Legal Status: N/A
Family: Nyctaginaceae
State: AZ, CA
Nature Serve ID: 143391
Lifeform: Forb/herb
Date Inducted in National Collection: 08/23/2018

Description:

Where is Desert Sand-verbena (Abronia villosa var. aurita) located in the wild?

States & Provinces:

Desert Sand-verbena can be found in Arizona, California

Which CPC Partners conserve Desert Sand-verbena (Abronia villosa var. aurita)?

California Botanic Garden

Not Sponsored

Conservation Actions

Assigned 02/09/18

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 4 accessions of Abronia villosa var. aurita in orthodox seed collection. There are as many as 5363 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 2 seed accessions of Abronia villosa var. aurita from 2 plant occurrences listed in the California Natural Diversity Database. These collections together emcompass 55 maternal plants