Calycadenia spicata (Greene) Greenespicate calycadenia |
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Scientific Name: |
Calycadenia spicata (Greene) Greene |
Common Name: |
spicate calycadenia |
Family: | Asteraceae |
Element Code: | PDAST1P090 |
USDA Plants Symbol: | CASP2 |
Synonyms/Other Names: |
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Lifeform: | annual herb |
Blooming Period: May-Sep | May-Sep |
Elevation: | 40-1400 (130-4595) |
General Habitats: | Cismontane woodland, Valley and foothill grassland |
Microhabitat: | Adobe, Clay, Disturbed areas, Dry, Gravelly, Openings, Roadsides, Rocky |
Microhabitat Details: |
CA Rare Plant Rank: | 1B.3 |
Global Rank: | G3? |
State Rank: |
S3 |
State List: | None |
Fed List: | None |
Other Status: | |
CRPR Changes: |
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Total Occurrences: | 41 |
Element Occurrence Ranks: | |
Excellent (A) | 0 |
Good (B) | 4 |
Fair (C) | 0 |
Poor (D) | 0 |
None (X) | 0 |
Unknown (U) | 37 |
California Endemic: False | |
California Counties and Islands: Name (Code) | |
Amador (AMA), Butte (BUT), Calaveras (CAL), El Dorado (ELD), Fresno (FRE), Kern (KRN), Nevada (NEV), Placer (PLA), Sacramento (SAC), San Joaquin (SJQ), Stanislaus (STA), Tulare (TUL), Tuolumne (TUO), Yuba (YUB) | |
Quads: Name (Quad Code) | |
Auberry (3711914), Biggs (3912146), Buffalo Creek (3812152), Camp Far West (3912113), Carbondale (3812141), Clarksville (3812161), Clay (3812132), Cooperstown (3712065), Farmington (3712088), Folsom (3812162), Giant Forest (3611857), Glennville (3511866), Goose Creek (3812131), Grass Valley (3912121), Hamlin Canyon (3912166), Honcut (3912135), Ione (3812038), Irish Hill (3812048), Jenny Lind (3812017), Keystone (3712075), Knights Ferry (3712076), La Grange (3712064), Lake Isabella South (3511854), Lincoln (3812183), Loma Rica (3912134), Millerton Lake East (3711915), Oroville (3912155), Palermo (3912145), Pine Mountain (3511857), Shadequarter Mtn. (3611858), Shippee (3912156), Valley Springs (3812027), Wallace (3812028) |
Threat List Total: | 0 | |
EOs with Threat Listed: | Total EOs | % of EOs |
0 | % | |
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Formerly widespread but local at eastern edge of Central Valley and adjacent Sierra Nevada foothills. |
Threats: |
Possibly threatened by vehicles, development, habitat loss, inappropriate grazing, alteration of fire regimes, non-native plants, and pollution (nitrogen deposition). |
Taxonomy: |
A distinctive species with stems simple or branched only above the middle, peduncular bracts with only a single tack-shaped gland at the tip, phyllaries and paleae with many tack-shaped glands, and corolla white turning red with age. |
Proposed Addition to 1B.3, G2G3 / S2S3 (2023) |
Bulletin of the Torrey Botanical Club 9: 15–17 (1882) |
Flora Franciscana, pp. 420–424 (1897) |