Palmer's Whitethorn (Ceanothus palmeri)

Global Rank: G2 - Imperiled
Legal Status: N/A
Family: Rhamnaceae
State: CA
Nature Serve ID: 144539
Lifeform: Shrub
Date Inducted in National Collection: 10/13/2022

Description:

Where is Palmer's Whitethorn (Ceanothus palmeri) located in the wild?

States & Provinces:

Palmer's Whitethorn can be found in California

Which CPC Partners conserve Palmer's Whitethorn (Ceanothus palmeri)?

San Diego Zoo Wildlife Alliance

Not Sponsored

Conservation Actions

Assigned 10/13/22

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, San Diego Zoo Global holds 1 accessions of Ceanothus palmeri in orthodox seed collection. There are as many as 36099 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, San Diego Zoo Global has collected 1 seed accessions of Ceanothus palmeri from 1 plant occurrences listed in the California Natural Diversity Database. These collections together emcompass 156 maternal plants