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Plant Profile

Lewi's Clarkia (Clarkia lewisii)

Global Rank: G4 - Apparently Secure
Legal Status: N/A
Family: Onagraceae
State: CA
Nature Serve ID: 149576
Lifeform: Forb/herb
Date Inducted in National Collection:

Description:

Where is Lewi's Clarkia (Clarkia lewisii) located in the wild?

States & Provinces:

Lewi's Clarkia can be found in California

Which CPC Partners conserve Lewi's Clarkia (Clarkia lewisii)?

Santa Barbara Botanic Garden

Not Sponsored

Conservation Actions

Assigned 12/12/17

University of California-Santa Cruz Arboretum & Botanic Garden

Not Sponsored

Conservation Actions

Assigned 08/18/21

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Conservation Actions

Center for Plant Conservation

08/18/2021

In 2021, CPC contracted the University of California, Santa Cruz Arboretum to recollect seed from a population currently held in long term orthodox seed storage as part of an IMLS-funded seed longevity experiment. The National Laboratory for Genetic Resources Preservation will evaluate how germination tested viability and RNA Integrity of seed lots decline over time in storage.

09/01/2020

Based on an September 2020 extract of the California Plant Rescue Database, Santa Barbara Botanic Garden holds 6 accessions of Clarkia lewisii in orthodox seed collection. There are as many as 15384 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 Clarkia lewisii in orthodox seed collection. There are as many as 476748 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 6 seed accessions of Clarkia lewisii from 2 plant occurrences listed in the California Natural Diversity Database. These collections together emcompass 223 maternal plants