Virgate Eriastrum (Eriastrum virgatum)

Global Rank: G4 - Apparently Secure
Legal Status: N/A
Family: Polemoniaceae
State: CA
Nature Serve ID: 141781
Lifeform: Forb/herb
Date Inducted in National Collection:

Description:

Where is Virgate Eriastrum (Eriastrum virgatum) located in the wild?

States & Provinces:

Virgate Eriastrum can be found in California

Which CPC Partners conserve Virgate Eriastrum (Eriastrum virgatum)?

Santa Barbara Botanic Garden

Not Sponsored

Conservation Actions

Assigned 12/12/17

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 1 accessions of Eriastrum virgatum in orthodox seed collection. There are as many as 981 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 1 seed accessions of Eriastrum virgatum from 1 plant occurrences listed in the California Natural Diversity Database. These collections together emcompass 50 maternal plants