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Plant Profile

Alkali Mariposa Lily (Calochortus striatus)

Global Rank: G3 - Vulnerable
Legal Status: N/A
Family: Liliaceae
State: CA, NV
Nature Serve ID: 148520
Lifeform: Forb/herb
Date Inducted in National Collection: 12/15/2020

Description:

Where is Alkali Mariposa Lily (Calochortus striatus) located in the wild?

States & Provinces:

Alkali Mariposa Lily can be found in California, Nevada

Which CPC Partners conserve Alkali Mariposa Lily (Calochortus striatus)?

National Laboratory for Genetic Resource Preservation (USDA-ARS)

Not Sponsored

Assigned

Regional Parks Botanic Garden

Not Sponsored

Assigned

California Botanic Garden

Not Sponsored

Conservation Actions

Assigned

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 8 accessions of Calochortus striatus in orthodox seed collection. There are as many as 35144 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 6 seed accessions of Calochortus striatus from 5 plant occurrences listed in the California Natural Diversity Database. These collections together emcompass 315 maternal plants