Keystone Canyon Thistle (Cirsium arizonicum var. tenuisectum)

Global Rank: T2 - Imperiled
Legal Status: N/A
Family: Asteraceae
State: CA, NV
Nature Serve ID: 791789
Lifeform: Forb/herb
Date Inducted in National Collection: 03/23/2020

Description:

Where is Keystone Canyon Thistle (Cirsium arizonicum var. tenuisectum) located in the wild?

States & Provinces:

Keystone Canyon Thistle can be found in California, Nevada

Which CPC Partners conserve Keystone Canyon Thistle (Cirsium arizonicum var. tenuisectum)?

California Botanic Garden

Not Sponsored

Conservation Actions

Assigned 03/23/20

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 Cirsium arizonicum var. tenuisectum in orthodox seed collection. There are as many as 300 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 Cirsium arizonicum var. tenuisectum from 1 plant occurrences listed in the California Natural Diversity Database. These collections together emcompass 35 maternal plants