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Plant Profile

Beach Tidy-tips (Layia carnosa)

Global Rank: G2 - Imperiled
Legal Status: Federally Threatened
Family: Asteraceae
State: CA
Nature Serve ID: 139784
Lifeform: Forb/herb
Date Inducted in National Collection:

Description:

succlent winter annual

Where is Beach Tidy-tips (Layia carnosa) located in the wild?

Habitat:

dune systems

Distribution:

States & Provinces:

Beach Tidy-tips can be found in California

Which CPC Partners conserve Beach Tidy-tips (Layia carnosa)?

California Botanic Garden

Not Sponsored

Conservation Actions

Assigned 06/09/17

Santa Barbara Botanic Garden

Not Sponsored

Conservation Actions

Assigned 12/12/17

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Conservation Actions

09/01/2020

Based on an September 2020 extract of the California Plant Rescue Database, Santa Barbara Botanic Garden holds 6 accessions of Layia carnosa in orthodox seed collection. There are as many as 880 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 4 accessions of Layia carnosa in orthodox seed collection. There are as many as 15406 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, National Laboratory for Genetic Resource Preservation (USDA-ARS) holds 1 accessions of Layia carnosa in orthodox seed collection. There are as many as 100 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, Santa Barbara Botanic Garden has collected 7 seed accessions of Layia carnosa from 2 plant occurrences listed in the California Natural Diversity Database. These collections together emcompass 79 maternal plants

08/05/2020

Based on an August 2020 extract of the California Plant Rescue Database, California Botanic Garden has collected 2 seed accessions of Layia carnosa from 1 plant occurrences listed in the California Natural Diversity Database. These collections together emcompass 18 maternal plants

01/01/2010

scattered populations in six dune systems