Mt. Eddy Sky Pilot (Polemonium eddyense)

Global Rank: G1 - Critically Imperiled
Legal Status: N/A
Family: Polemoniaceae
State: CA
Nature Serve ID: 905849
Lifeform: Forb/herb
Date Inducted in National Collection: 12/15/2020

Description:

Where is Mt. Eddy Sky Pilot (Polemonium eddyense) located in the wild?

States & Provinces:

Mt. Eddy Sky Pilot can be found in California

Which CPC Partners conserve Mt. Eddy Sky Pilot (Polemonium eddyense)?

California Native Plant Society

Not Sponsored

Conservation Actions

Assigned 08/19/21

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

Center for Plant Conservation

08/19/2021

In 2021, CPC contracted California Native Plant Society to recollect seed from a population currently held in long term orthodox seed storage as part of an IMLS-funded seed longevity experiment. The National Laboratory for Genetic Resources Preservation will evaluate how germination tested viability and RNA Integrity of seed lots decline over time in storage.

09/01/2020

Based on an September 2020 extract of the California Plant Rescue Database, University of California-Santa Cruz Arboretum & Botanic Garden holds 1 accessions of Polemonium eddyense in orthodox seed collection. There are as many as 3193 seeds of this species in their collection - although some may have been used for curation testing or sent to back up.

09/01/2020

Based on an September 2020 extract of the California Plant Rescue Database, California Botanic Garden holds 1 accessions of Polemonium eddyense in orthodox seed collection. There are as many as 4755 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 Native Plant Society has collected 1 seed accessions of Polemonium eddyense from 1 plant occurrences listed in the California Natural Diversity Database. These collections together emcompass 20 maternal plants

08/05/2020

Based on an August 2020 extract of the California Plant Rescue Database, California Botanic Garden has collected 1 seed accessions of Polemonium eddyense from 1 plant occurrences listed in the California Natural Diversity Database. These collections together emcompass an unknown number of maternal plants