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Spring-loving Centaury (Centaurium namophilum)

Flowers of Centaurium namophilum Photo Credit: James L. Reveal @ USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database

Global Rank: G2 - Imperiled
Legal Status: Federally Threatened
Family: Asteraceae
State: NV
Nature Serve ID: 143963
Lifeform: Forb/herb
Date Inducted in National Collection: 03/08/1989

Description:

Centaurium namophilum is a perennial herb that flowers late spring to early fall. It is listed federally as a threatened species. It is an endemic species found on alkaline soils of wet saltgrass meadows, springs, and seeps that are restricted to Ash Meadows National Wildlife Refuge. The species is aquatic or wet-land dependent.

Where is Spring-loving Centaury (Centaurium namophilum) located in the wild?

Habitat:

It is found on alkaline soils of wet saltgrass meadows, springs, and seeps that are restricted to Ash Meadows National Wildlife Refuge. Water availability is a limiting factor to the species distribution (Pavlik and Manning, 1986).

Distribution:

Nye County, Nevada

States & Provinces:

Spring-loving Centaury can be found in Nevada

Which CPC Partners conserve Spring-loving Centaury (Centaurium namophilum)?

Red Butte Garden and Arboretum

Not Sponsored

Assigned 06/09/17

California Botanic Garden

Not Sponsored

Conservation Actions

Assigned 09/13/22

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

Katie Heineman

02/28/2023

California Botanic Garden made a conservation seed collection on BLM land in Nevada.

09/03/2020

Ash Meadows National Wildlife Refuge: 2008 rare plant reproductive study. (Bio-West, Inc. 2009b)

09/01/2020

Based on an September 2020 extract of the California Plant Rescue Database, California Botanic Garden holds 1 accessions of Zeltnera namophila in orthodox seed collection. There are as many as 9985 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 Zeltnera namophila from 1 plant occurrences listed in the California Natural Diversity Database. These collections together emcompass 21 maternal plants

Nature Serve Biotics

05/02/2017

Limited range including Ash Meadows and historically in CA; threat of destruction by imminent development; ecological fragility, dependence on moist habitat.

Rita Dodge

01/01/2010

Groundwater withdrawal Invasive species

Rita Dodge

01/01/2010

4,593,971 individuals. (This is from the 2010 Bio-West survey report that is in draft form to the Refuge. The official copy has not yet been released.)

Rita Dodge

01/01/2010

Ash Meadows National Wildlife Refuge: Pollinator study 2008 annual report. (Bio-West, Inc. 2009a) Ash Meadows National Wildlife Refuge: 2008 rare plant reproductive study. (Bio-West, Inc. 2009b)

Rita Dodge

01/01/2010

Unknown

Rita Dodge

01/01/2010

Ex-situ seed conservation Propagation protocol development Habitat protection Reintroduction research Continued monitoring of population

Rita Dodge

01/01/2010

Seed conservation Propagation protocol development Reintroduction research