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Lemmon's Wild-cabbage (Caulanthus lemmonii)

Photo Credit: Dylan Neubauer

Global Rank: G3 - Vulnerable
Legal Status: N/A
Family: Brassicaceae
State: CA
Nature Serve ID: 143406
Lifeform: Forb/herb
Date Inducted in National Collection:

Description:

Caulanthus lemmonii is an annual herb native to California with stems ranging from 10-80 cm, elongated leaves and creamy white flowers (with purple-brown tips) which bloom from March through May. [Jepson]

Where is Lemmon's Wild-cabbage (Caulanthus lemmonii) located in the wild?

Habitat:

Caulanthus lemmonii can be found in pinyon/juniper woodlands or valley/foothill grasslands

Distribution:

Caulanthus lemmonii is endemic to the following counties in California: Alameda, Fresno, Kings, Kern, Merced, Monterey, Santa Barbara, San Benito, San Joaquin, San Luis Obispo, Stanislaus and Ventura [CNPS]

States & Provinces:

Lemmon's Wild-cabbage can be found in California

Which CPC Partners conserve Lemmon's Wild-cabbage (Caulanthus lemmonii)?

Santa Barbara Botanic Garden

Not Sponsored

Conservation Actions

Assigned 06/13/17

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, Santa Barbara Botanic Garden holds 3 accessions of Caulanthus lemmonii in orthodox seed collection. There are as many as 2363 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 3 seed accessions of Caulanthus lemmonii from 2 plant occurrences listed in the California Natural Diversity Database. These collections together emcompass 89 maternal plants