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Plant Profile

Sonoma Spineflower (Chorizanthe valida)

Global Rank: G1 - Critically Imperiled
Legal Status: Federally Endangered
Family: Polygonaceae
State: CA
Nature Serve ID: 133736
Lifeform: Forb/herb
Date Inducted in National Collection:

Description:

annual herb

Where is Sonoma Spineflower (Chorizanthe valida) located in the wild?

Habitat:

dune system

Distribution:

States & Provinces:

Sonoma Spineflower can be found in California

Which CPC Partners conserve Sonoma Spineflower (Chorizanthe valida)?

California Botanic Garden

Not Sponsored

Conservation Actions

Assigned 06/09/17

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, California Botanic Garden holds 4 accessions of Chorizanthe valida in orthodox seed collection. There are as many as 4029 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, California Botanic Garden has collected 1 seed accessions of Chorizanthe valida from 1 plant occurrences listed in the California Natural Diversity Database. These collections together emcompass an unknown number of maternal plants

01/01/2010

only known location in Point Reyes National Seashore