Taxon Report

Pseudobahia bahiifolia (Benth.) Rydb.

Hartweg's golden sunburst

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Classification


Scientific Name:	Pseudobahia bahiifolia (Benth.) Rydb.
Common Name:	Hartweg's golden sunburst
Family:	Asteraceae
Element Code:	PDAST7P010
USDA Plants Symbol:	PSBA
Synonyms/Other Names:

Ecology and Life History


Lifeform:	annual herb
Blooming Period: Mar-Apr	Mar-Apr
Elevation:	15-150 (50-490)
General Habitats:	Cismontane woodland, Valley and foothill grassland
Microhabitat:	Acidic (often), Clay
Microhabitat Details:

Conservation Status


CA Rare Plant Rank:	1B.1
Global Rank:	G1
State Rank:	S1
State List:	CE
Fed List:	FE
Other Status:	SB_CalBG/RSABG
CRPR Changes:

Occurrence Data from the CNDDB


Total Occurrences:	27
Element Occurrence Ranks:
Excellent (A)	2
Good (B)	19
Fair (C)	0
Poor (D)	1
None (X)	4
Unknown (U)	1

Location


California Endemic: True
California Counties and Islands: Name (Code)
Fresno (FRE), Madera (MAD), Merced (MER), Stanislaus (STA), Sutter (SUT), Tuolumne (TUO), Yuba (YUB)*
Quads: Name (Quad Code)
Cooperstown (3712065), Friant (3611986), Gilsizer Slough (3912116), Haystack Mtn. (3712043), Knights Ferry (3712076), La Grange (3712064), Merced Falls (3712053), Millerton Lake West (3711916), Olivehurst (3912115), Snelling (3712054), Sutter (3912126), Yuba City (3912125)

Threat List Data from the CNDDB


Threat List Total:	11
EOs with Threat Listed:	Total EOs	% of EOs
	19	70 %
Grazing	17	62%
Development	10	37%
Erosion/runoff	5	18%
Foot traffic/trampling	4	14%
Other	4	14%
Agriculture	4	14%
Road/trail construction/maint.	3	11%
Mining	3	11%
Non-native plant impacts	3	11%
ORV activity	2	7%
Vandalism/dumping/litter	1	3%

Notes



Many occurrences are very small.
Threats:
Seriously threatened by development, agriculture, overgrazing, and trampling.
Taxonomy:

Selected References

Citation California Native Plant Society, Rare Plant Program. 2024. Rare Plant Inventory (online edition, v9.5.1). Website https://www.rareplants.cnps.org [accessed 28 December 2024].