Bentflower Fiddleneck (Amsinckia lunaris)

Global Rank: G3 - Vulnerable
Legal Status: N/A
Family: Boraginaceae
State: CA
Nature Serve ID: 134105
Lifeform: Forb/herb
Date Inducted in National Collection:

Description:

Where is Bentflower Fiddleneck (Amsinckia lunaris) located in the wild?

States & Provinces:

Bentflower Fiddleneck can historically be found in California

Which CPC Partners conserve Bentflower Fiddleneck (Amsinckia lunaris)?

University of California Botanical Garden

Not Sponsored

Assigned 02/09/18

University of California-Santa Cruz Arboretum & Botanic Garden

Not Sponsored

Assigned 01/17/19

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Conservation Actions

Center for Plant Conservation

10/11/2021

In March 1990, authors Erhardt and Baker published "Pollen amino acids-an additional diet for a nectar feeding butterfly?" in Plant Systemics and Evolution. They consider how pollen contamination might impact butterflies that rely on four California plants, including Amsinckia lunaris, for nectar.

Center for Plant Conservation

10/11/2021

Amsinckia lunaris is included in the 2012 book by Shakhnoza S. Azimova and Anna I. Glushenkova, "Lipids, Lipophilic Components and Essential Oils from Plant Sources", which describes oils and lipids that can be extracted from a variety of plants.