Taxon Report

Hartmaniella sierrae (Rabeler & R.L. Hartman) M. L. Zhang

Sierra starwort

Print Report

Taxon Summary

Hartmaniella sierrae, commonly known as Sierra starwort, is a perennial rhizomatous herb in the Caryophyllaceae that is found only in California. It occurs within Chaparral, Cismontane woodland, Lower montane coniferous forest, and Upper montane coniferous forest, growing at elevations from 1225 to 2194 meters. Hartmaniella sierrae is ranked 4.2, Plants of Limited Distribution, A Watch List; Moderately threatened in California.

Classification


Scientific Name:	Hartmaniella sierrae (Rabeler & R.L. Hartman) M. L. Zhang
Common Name:	Sierra starwort
Family:	Caryophyllaceae
Element Code:	PDCAR13020
USDA Plants Symbol:	PSSI5
Synonyms/Other Names:	Pseudostellaria sierrae Rabeler & R. L. Hartman

Ecology and Life History


Lifeform:	perennial rhizomatous herb
Blooming Period: May-Aug	May-Aug
Elevation:	1225-2194 (4020-7200)
General Habitats:	Chaparral, Cismontane woodland, Lower montane coniferous forest, Upper montane coniferous forest
Microhabitat:
Microhabitat Details:

Conservation Status


CA Rare Plant Rank:	4.2
Global Rank:	G3G4
State Rank:	S3S4
State List:	None
Fed List:	None
Other Status:
CRPR Changes:	changed from 3.2 to 4.2 on 2009-06-10 added to 3.2 on 2004-06-28

Occurrence Data from the CNDDB


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

Location


California Endemic: True
California Counties and Islands: Name (Code)
Calaveras (CAL), El Dorado (ELD), Mariposa (MPA), Nevada (NEV), Placer (PLA), Plumas (PLU), Sierra (SIE), Tuolumne (TUO)
Quads: Name (Quad Code)
Ackerson Mtn. (3711977), Blue Canyon (3912036), Camptonville (3912141), Dorrington (3812033), Downieville (3912057), Duncan Peak (3912025), El Portal (3711967), English Mtn. (3912045), Georgetown (3812087), Graniteville (3912046), Greek Store (3912015), Onion Valley (3912078), Riverton (3812074), Robbs Peak (3812084), Sierra City (3912056), Westville (3912026)

Threat List Data from the CNDDB


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

Notes



Potentially threatened by logging. Possibly threatened by vehicles. Not in The Jepson Manual (1993). See Novon 12:82-86 (2002) for original description.
Threats:

Taxonomy:

Selected References

Proposed Addition to CRPR 1B, G2G3/S2S3.2 (2004)

Proposed List Change from List 3.2 to List 4.2 (2009)

Proposed Non-Substantive Name Changes: Multiple taxa in various plant families from the Jepson eFlora revision 11 (2023)

Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society 184: 444–456 (2017)

Citation California Native Plant Society, Rare Plant Program. 2025. Rare Plant Inventory (online edition, v9.5.1). Website https://www.rareplants.cnps.org [accessed 21 February 2025].