CPC National Collection Plant Profile
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CPC National Collection Plant Profile
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Delphinium hesperium ssp. cuyamacae
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Delphinium hesperium ssp. cuyamacae is Not Sponsored |
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custodian for this plant in the CPC National Collection of Endangered
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The Cuyamaca larkspur is an herbaceous perennial in the buttercup family, and has leafy stems that bear dense blue-violet blooms. This species is found in two counties in California, and appears to be stable in the wild, due in large part to the establishment of the Cuyamaca Meadows Natural Preserve in 1990 by the California Department of Parks and Recreation. The creation of this preserve not only protected the Cuyamaca larkspur, but also its habitat, which is shared with a number of other endangered plant species, including the endangered Cuyamaca Lake downingia (Downingia concolor var. brevior), another species in the Center for Plant Conservation's National Collection. Further protection for this habitat comes from a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) between the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Helix Water District, Lake Cuyamaca Recreation and Park district, the California Department of Parks and Recreation, and the U.S. Forest Service. This MOU identifies particular actions for each of the signatory land managers to preserve and protect the endangered species and the habitat they depend upon. (CDFG 2002)
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References |
Reiser, C.H. 1994. Rare Plants of San Diego County. Imperial Beach, CA: Aquafir Press. |
Skinner, M.W.; Pavlik, B.M. 1997. Inventory of rare and endangered vascular plants of California: Electronic Inventory Update of 1994, 5th edition. Sacramento: California Native Plant Society. |
Kartesz, J.T. 1999. A synonymized checklist of the vascular flora of the U.S., Canada, and Greenland. In: Kartesz, J.T.; Meacham, C.A., editors. Synthesis of the North American Flora, Version 1.0. North Carolina Botanical Garden. Chapel Hill, NC. |
CDFG. (2002). California's Plants and Animals, Threatened and Endangered Plants. List and Species Accounts. California Department of Fish and Game, Habitat Conservation Planning Branch. http://www.dfg.ca.gov/hcpb/species/t_e_spp/teplant/teplanta.shtml. Accessed: 2002. |
1905. Original description. Bulletin of the Torrey Botanical Club. 32: 538. |
KEA Environmental, Inc. 2001. Biological Resources Technical Report for the Valley Rainbow Interconnect. San Diego, CA: San Diego Gas & Electric Company. |
Sanguamphai. 1989. 1988 Annual Report on the Status of California's State Listed Threatened and Endangered Plants and Animals. State of California, Department of Fish and Game. |
| This profile was updated on 8/9/2011 |