Desert Scorpionweed (Phacelia campanularia ssp. campanularia)

Global Rank: T2 - Imperiled
Legal Status: N/A
Family: Hydrophyllaceae
State: AB, CA, NT, NY
Nature Serve ID: 156626
Lifeform: Forb/herb
Date Inducted in National Collection: 10/13/2022

Description:

Where is Desert Scorpionweed (Phacelia campanularia ssp. campanularia) located in the wild?

States & Provinces:

Desert Scorpionweed can be found in Alberta, California, New York, Northwest Territories

Which CPC Partners conserve Desert Scorpionweed (Phacelia campanularia ssp. campanularia)?

California Botanic Garden

Not Sponsored

Conservation Actions

Assigned 10/14/22

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 2 accessions of Phacelia campanularia var. campanularia in orthodox seed collection. There are as many as 56649 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 Phacelia campanularia var. campanularia from 1 plant occurrences listed in the California Natural Diversity Database. These collections together emcompass 110 maternal plants