Taxon Report

Almutaster pauciflorus (Nutt.) Á. Löve & D. Löve

alkali marsh aster

Print Report

© 2014 Richard Spellenberg

Classification


Scientific Name:	Almutaster pauciflorus (Nutt.) Á. Löve & D. Löve
Common Name:	alkali marsh aster
Family:	Asteraceae
Element Code:	PDASTEL010
USDA Plants Symbol:	ALPA14
Synonyms/Other Names:

Ecology and Life History


Lifeform:	perennial herb
Blooming Period: Jun-Oct	Jun-Oct
Elevation:	240-800 (785-2625)
General Habitats:	Meadows and seeps
Microhabitat:	Alkaline
Microhabitat Details:

Conservation Status


CA Rare Plant Rank:	2B.2
Global Rank:	G4
State Rank:	S1S2
State List:	None
Fed List:	None
Other Status:	SB_CalBG/RSABG
CRPR Changes:	added to 2B.2 on 2017-03-14

Occurrence Data from the CNDDB


Total Occurrences:	7
Element Occurrence Ranks:
Excellent (A)	0
Good (B)	0
Fair (C)	0
Poor (D)	0
None (X)	1
Unknown (U)	6

Location


California Endemic: False
California Counties and Islands: Name (Code)
Inyo (INY), Kern (KRN), Riverside (RIV), San Bernardino (SBD)
Quads: Name (Quad Code)
Lake Isabella North (3511864), Lake Isabella South (3511854), Murrieta (3311752), Old Ibex Pass (3511664), Palm Springs (3311675), Palm View Peak (3311665), Pechanga (3311741), Resting Spring (3511682), Shoshone (3511683), Soda Lake North (3511621), Temecula (3311742)

Threat List Data from the CNDDB


Threat List Total:	3
EOs with Threat Listed:	Total EOs	% of EOs
	3	43 %
Other	2	28%
Road/trail construction/maint.	1	14%
Altered flood/tidal/hydrologic regime	1	14%

Notes



Potentially threatened by development, habitat alteration, and habitat loss. Possibly threatened by hydrological alterations. See The Genera of North American Plants 2:154 (1818) for original description, and Taxon 31(2):356 (1982) for revised nomenclature.
Threats:

Taxonomy:

Selected References

Proposed Addition to CRPR 2B.2, G4 / S1S2 (2017)

Citation California Native Plant Society, Rare Plant Program. 2024. Rare Plant Inventory (online edition, v9.5.1). Website https://www.rareplants.cnps.org [accessed 25 December 2024].