Species Details

Androsace elongata ssp. acuta

California androsace

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Classification

Scientific Name: Androsace elongata L. ssp. acuta (Greene) Robbins
Common Name: California androsace
Family:	Primulaceae
Element Code:	PDPRI02031
USDA Plants Symbol:	ANELA
Synonyms/Other Names:

Conservation Status

CA Rare Plant Rank:	4.2
Fed List:	None
State List:	None
Global Rank:	G5?T3T4
State Rank:	S3S4
Other Status:	SB_CalBG/RSABG; SB_USDA
CRPR Changes:
Add Date:	1994-01-01
Date Edited:	2022-02-01

Ecology and Life History

Lifeform: annual herb

Blooming Period: Mar-Jun

Elevation:
150 - 1305 meters
490 - 4280 feet

General Habitats:

Chaparral
Cismontane woodland
Coastal scrub
Meadows and seeps
Pinyon and juniper woodland
Valley and foothill grassland

Microhabitat Details:

Microhabitat:

Notes

Notes: Highly localized and often overlooked; many occurrences extirpated. Very rare in Southern CA. Possibly threatened by grazing, trampling, non-native plants, alteration of fire regimes, and recreational activities. Potentially threatened by wind energy development. Endangered in OR. See Manual of the Botany of the Region of San Francisco Bay, p. 238 (1894) by E. Greene for original description, and American Midland Naturalist 32:132-163 (1944) for taxonomic treatment.
Threats:
Taxonomy:

Threat List Data from the CNDDB

THREAT LIST:
Threat List Total:	0
	Total EOs	% of EOs
EOs with Threat Listed:	0	0 %

Occurrence Data from the CNDDB

Element Occurrence Ranks:
Total Occurrences:					0
A	B	C	D	X	U
0	0	0	0	0	0

Occurrence Status:
Historical >20 Years	0
Recent <=20 Years	0

Presence:
Presumed Extant	0
Possibly Extirpated	0
Presumed Extirpated	0

Location

California Endemic:

California Island:

States: Name (Code)
Baja California (BA), California (CA), Oregon (OR)*

California Counties and Islands: Name (Code)
Alameda (ALA), Colusa (COL), Contra Costa (CCA), Fresno (FRE), Glenn (GLE), Kern (KRN), Los Angeles (LAX), Merced (MER), Monterey (MNT), Riverside (RIV), San Benito (SBT), San Bernardino (SBD), San Diego (SDG), San Joaquin (SJQ), San Luis Obispo (SLO), San Mateo (SMT), Santa Clara (SCL), Siskiyou (SIS), Stanislaus (STA), Tehama (TEH)

Quads: Name (Quad Code)
Altamont (3712166), Bena (3511836), Big Bear City (3411637), Breckenridge Mtn. (3511845), Briones Valley (3712282), Burnt Peak (3411865), Byron Hot Springs (3712176), Caliente Mtn. (3511917), Cedar Mtn. (3712155), Cerro Colorado (3612068), Chimineas Ranch (3511928), Cholame Valley (3512073), Chrome (3912265), Clayton (3712188), Cummings Mtn. (3511815), Cuyamaca Peak (3211685), Descanso (3211675), Diablo (3712178), Elkhorn Hills (3511915), Etna (4112248), Eylar Mtn. (3712145), Fairview Valley (3411751), Fifteenmile Valley (3411741), Gilmore Peak (3912235), Glennville (3511866), Greenview (4112258), Hernandez Reservoir (3612047), Hot Springs Mtn. (3311635), Idyllwild (3311666), Isabel Valley (3712135), Julian (3311615), Keller Peak (3411721), La Costa Valley (3712157), La Liebre Ranch (3411876), Lake Arrowhead (3411732), Lake Isabella South (3511854), Las Yeguas Ranch (3511948), Lebec (3411877), Lick Observatory (3712136), Liebre Mtn. (3411866), Lillis Ranch (3612044), Llanada (3612058), Logan Ridge (3912243), Lowrey (4012215), Midway (3712165), Miracle Hot Springs (3511855), Morgan Hill (3712126), Mountain View (3712241), Mt. Boardman (3712144), Newville (3912275), Ortigalita Peak (3612078), Ortigalita Peak NW (3612088), Pacifico Mountain (3411841), Palo Alto (3712242), Panoche Pass (3612161), Panorama Hills (3511926), Pastoria Creek (3411887), Rail Canyon (3912244), Ranchita (3311625), Ritter Ridge (3411852), San Dimas (3411717), San Jose East (3712137), Santa Teresa Hills (3712127), Silverwood Lake (3411733), Smith Mountain (3612015), Tehachapi North (3511824), Tehachapi South (3511814), Tejon Ranch (3511816), Tent Hills (3512072), Tubb Canyon (3311624), Warner Springs (3311636), White Horse Mtn. (3411658), Woolstalf Creek (3511853), Yreka (4112266)

Notes:

Definitions of codes following a county and/or quad:
*		Presumed extirpated
(?)		Occurrence confirmed, but possibly extirpated
Quad and county data is imported from the CNDDB. Species may be present in other areas where conditions are favorable. These data should NOT be substituted for pre-project review or for on-site surveys.

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Presumed Extant

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