Taxon Report

Lepidium jaredii Bdg. ssp. jaredii

Jared's pepper-grass

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Classification


Scientific Name:	Lepidium jaredii Bdg. ssp. jaredii
Common Name:	Jared's pepper-grass
Family:	Brassicaceae
Element Code:	PDBRA1M0G1
USDA Plants Symbol:	LEJAJ2
Synonyms/Other Names:

Ecology and Life History


Lifeform:	annual herb
Blooming Period: Mar-May	Mar-May
Elevation:	335-1005 (1100-3295)
General Habitats:	Valley and foothill grassland
Microhabitat:
Microhabitat Details:

Conservation Status


CA Rare Plant Rank:	1B.2
Global Rank:	G2G3T1T2
State Rank:	S1S2
State List:	None
Fed List:	None
Other Status:	BLM_S; SB_SBBG
CRPR Changes:	changed from 1B.2 to 1B.2 on 2013-03-27

Occurrence Data from the CNDDB


Total Occurrences:	12
Element Occurrence Ranks:
Excellent (A)	2
Good (B)	1
Fair (C)	0
Poor (D)	0
None (X)	0
Unknown (U)	9

Location


California Endemic: True
California Counties and Islands: Name (Code)
Kern (KRN), San Luis Obispo (SLO)
Quads: Name (Quad Code)
Chimineas Ranch (3511928), Elkhorn Hills (3511915), Estrella (3512065)*, Painted Rock (3511927), Panorama Hills (3511926), Paso Robles (3512066), Sawtooth Ridge (3512061), Simmler (3511938), Wells Ranch (3511916)

Threat List Data from the CNDDB


Threat List Total:	3
EOs with Threat Listed:	Total EOs	% of EOs
	2	17 %
Development	2	16%
Foot traffic/trampling	1	8%
Grazing	1	8%

Notes



Known only from near Soda Lake on the Carrizo Plain (SLO Co.) and Devil's Den (KRN Co.). Threatened by solar energy development. Possibly threatened by grazing. See L. jaredii in TJM (1993) and TJM 2. See Zoë 4(4):398 (1894) for original description, and Leaflets of Western Botany 10:345 (1966) for taxonomic treatment.
Threats:

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Selected References

CRPR List Change on 2013-03-27

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].