Taxon Report

Darlingtonia californica Torr.

California pitcherplant

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Classification


Scientific Name:	Darlingtonia californica Torr.
Common Name:	California pitcherplant
Family:	Sarraceniaceae
Element Code:	PDSAR01010
USDA Plants Symbol:	DACA5
Synonyms/Other Names:

Ecology and Life History


Lifeform:	perennial rhizomatous herb (carnivorous)
Blooming Period: Apr-Aug	Apr-Aug
Elevation:	0-2585 (0-8480)
General Habitats:	Bogs and fens, Meadows and seeps
Microhabitat:	Mesic, Seeps (usually), Serpentine (usually)
Microhabitat Details:

Conservation Status


CA Rare Plant Rank:	4.2
Global Rank:	G4
State Rank:	S4
State List:	None
Fed List:	None
Other Status:	IUCN_LC; SB_CalBG/RSABG
CRPR Changes:

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: False
California Counties and Islands: Name (Code)
Butte (BUT), Del Norte (DNT), Humboldt (HUM), Mendocino (MEN), Nevada (NEV), Plumas (PLU), Shasta (SHA), Sierra (SIE), Siskiyou (SIS), Trinity (TRI), Yuba (YUB)
Quads: Name (Quad Code)
Seven Lakes Mtn. (3911988), American House (3912161), Billys Peak (4112227), Blue Canyon (3912036), Broken Rib Mtn. (4112386), Bucks Lake (3912182), Callahan (4112237), Cant Hook Mtn. (4112368), Caribou (4012112), Caribou Lake (4112218), Carrville (4112216), Chicken Hawk Hill (4112214), Childs Hill (4112461), Chimney Rock (4112356), China Mtn. (4112245), Cisco Grove (3912035), City of Mount Shasta (4112233), Covington Mill (4012287), Crescent Mills (4012018), Devils Punchbowl (4112376), Dunsmuir (4112223), English Mtn. (3912045), Etna (4112248), Fort Jones (4112257), Gasquet (4112378), Gazelle Mtn. (4112246), Goodyears Bar (3912058), Graniteville (3912046), Greenview (4112258), High Divide (4112481), High Plateau Mtn. (4112388), Hiouchi (4112471), Hurdygurdy Butte (4112377), Jonesville (4012114), Klamath Glen (4112358), Mathison Peak (3912336), Meadow Valley (3912181), Mount Eddy (4112234), Mumbo Basin (4112225), North Bloomfield (3912038), Olivehurst (3912115), Orick (4112431), Polar Bear Mtn. (4112385), Prescott Mtn. (4112366), Preston Peak (4112375), Quincy (3912088), Rush Creek Lakes (4012278), Scott Mountain (4112236), Seven Lakes Basin (4112224), Shelly Creek Ridge (4112387), Ship Mountain (4112367), Sierra City (3912056), Siligo Peak (4012288), Smith River (4112482), South China Mtn. (4112235), Strawberry Valley (3912151), Summit Valley (4112357), Tangle Blue Lake (4112226), Thompson Peak (4112311), Trinity Center (4012286), Twain (4012111), Whisky Bill Peak (4112215), Ycatapom Peak (4112217)

Threat List Data from the CNDDB


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

Notes



Threatened by horticultural collecting and mining. On watch list in OR. See Fremontia 14(2):18 (1986) for habitat information.
Threats:

Taxonomy:

Selected References

USFS Potential Species of Conservation Concern Profile

Citation California Native Plant Society, Rare Plant Program. 2024. Rare Plant Inventory (online edition, v9.5.1). Website https://www.rareplants.cnps.org [accessed 27 December 2024].