Species Details

Eriastrum hooveri

Hoover's eriastrum

Download Report Calflora eFlora CCH CalPhotos

Classification

Scientific Name: Eriastrum hooveri (Jeps.) Mason
Common Name: Hoover's eriastrum
Family:	Polemoniaceae
Element Code:	PDPLM03070
USDA Plants Symbol:	ERHO2
Synonyms/Other Names:

Conservation Status

CA Rare Plant Rank:	4.2
Fed List:	FD (2003-10-07)
State List:	None
Global Rank:	G3
State Rank:	S3
Other Status:	SB_CalBG/RSABG
CRPR Changes:
Add Date:	1974-01-01
Date Edited:	2021-12-09

Ecology and Life History

Lifeform: annual herb
Blooming Period: Mar-Jul
Elevation: 50 - 915 meters 165 - 3000 feet
General Habitat: Chenopod scrub Pinyon and juniper woodland Valley and foothill grassland
General Micro Habitat:
Micro Habitat: Gravelly (sometimes)

Notes

Notes: Previously listed as Threatened by USFWS, but delisted in 2003. Threatened by agriculture, grazing, urbanization, energy development, and vehicles. See Madroño 45(4):290-300 (1998) for ecological information and 46(4):215-216 (1999) for distributional information.
Threats:
Taxonomy:
Other:

Occurrence Data from the CNDDB

Element Occurrence Ranks:
Total Occurrences:					47
A	B	C	D	X	U
4	14	8	0	11	10

Occurrence Status:
Historical >20 Years	47
Recent <=20 Years	0

Presence:
Presumed Extant	36
Possibly Extirpated	2
Presumed Extirpated	9

Location

California Endemic:

California Island:

States: Name (Code)
California (CA)

California Counties and Islands: Name (Code)
Fresno (FRE), Kern (KRN), Kings (KNG), San Luis Obispo (SLO), Santa Barbara (SBA)

Quads: Name (Quad Code)
Antelope Plain (3511967), Arvin (3511827), Auberry (3711914), Avenal (3612012), Avenal Gap (3511978), Ballinger Canyon (3411984), Bear Mountain (3511826), Belridge (3511946), Buttonwillow (3511944), Coalinga (3612023), Curry Mountain (3612014), Cuyama (3411985), Cuyama Peak (3411974), East Elk Hills (3511934), Famoso (3511952), Fellows (3511925), Fox Mountain (3411975), Guijarral Hills (3612022), Hammonds Ranch (3612076), Helm (3612051), Jamesan (3612062), Kerman (3612061), Kettleman City (3611918), Kettleman Plain (3512081), Kreyenhagen Hills (3612013), La Cima (3612011), Lamont (3511838), Las Yeguas Ranch (3511948), Lebec (3411877), Lokern (3511945), Lone Tree Well (3511976), Los Viejos (3511988), Lost Hills (3511956), Lost Hills NE (3511965), Lost Hills NW (3511966), Maricopa (3511914), Mouth of Kern (3511923), New Cuyama (3411986), Oil Center (3511848), Oildale (3511941), Packwood Creek (3512051), Panorama Hills (3511926), Peak Mountain (3411987), Pleito Hills (3411981), Raisin (3611958), Rio Bravo (3511943), Rosedale (3511942), Sawtooth Ridge (3512061), Semitropic (3511955), Shale Point (3511958), Stevens (3511932), Taft (3511924), Taylor Canyon (3511918), Tranquillity (3612063), Tumey Hills (3612056), Tupman (3511933), Weed Patch (3511828), Weldon (3511863), Wells Ranch (3511916), West Camp (3511977), West Elk Hills (3511935), Winters Ridge (3411886)

Notes:

Definitions of codes following a county and/or quad:
*		Presumed extirpated
(?)		Occurrence confirmed, but possibly extirpated
Quad and county data is imported from the CNDDB. Species may be present in other areas where conditions are favorable. These data should NOT be substituted for pre-project review or for on-site surveys.

Regional Map

Map

Presumed Extant

Print this Map

Counties Quads

CNPS Rare Plant Inventory