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Whitney's Farewell-to-spring (Clarkia amoena ssp. whitneyi)

  • Global Rank: T1 - Critically Imperiled
  • Legal Status: N/A
  • Family: Onagraceae
  • State: CA
  • Nature Serve ID: 128801
  • Lifeform: Forb/herb
  • Date Inducted in National Collection:
Description:

Where is Whitney's Farewell-to-spring (Clarkia amoena ssp. whitneyi) located in the wild?

States & Provinces:

Whitney's Farewell-to-spring can be found in California

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Conservation Actions

  • 09/01/2020
  • Orthodox Seed Banking

Based on an September 2020 extract of the California Plant Rescue Database, University of California Botanical Garden holds 2 accessions of Clarkia amoena subsp. whitneyi in orthodox seed collection. We are uncertain as to how many total seeds are in this collection.

  • 09/01/2020
  • Orthodox Seed Banking

Based on an September 2020 extract of the California Plant Rescue Database, California Botanic Garden holds 1 accessions of Clarkia amoena subsp. whitneyi in orthodox seed collection. There are as many as 2990 seeds of this species in their collection - although some may have been used for curation testing or sent to back up.

  • 08/05/2020
  • Seed Collection

Based on an August 2020 extract of the California Plant Rescue Database, University of California Botanical Garden has collected 2 seed accessions of Clarkia amoena subsp. whitneyi from 1 plant occurrences listed in the California Natural Diversity Database. These collections together emcompass an unknown number of maternal plants

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Nomenclature
Taxon Clarkia amoena ssp. whitneyi
Authority (Gray) Lewis & Lewis
Family Onagraceae
CPC Number 977
ITIS 27577
USDA CLAMW
Duration Annual
Common Names
Associated Scientific Names Clarkia amoena ssp. whitneyi
Distribution
State Rank
State State Rank
California S1
Ecological Relationships

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