Species Details

Lasthenia burkei

Burke's goldfields

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Photo of Lasthenia burkei
© 2015 Neal Kramer
Photo of Lasthenia burkei
Gerald and Buff Corsi © 2016 California Academy of Sciences
Photo of Lasthenia burkei
© 2015 Neal Kramer
Scientific Name:
Lasthenia burkei (Greene) Greene
Common Name:
Burke's goldfields
Family: Asteraceae
Element Code: PDAST5L010
USDA Plants Symbol: LABU
Synonyms/Other Names:
CA Rare Plant Rank: 1B.1
Fed List: FE (1991-12-02)
State List: CE (1979-09-01)
Global Rank: G1
State Rank:
S1
Other Status: SB_CalBG/RSABG; SB_UCBG
CRPR Changes:
Add Date: 1974-01-01
Date Edited: 2022-01-05
Lifeform: annual herb
Blooming Period: Apr-Jun
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Elevation:
15 - 600 meters
50 - 1970 feet
General Habitats:
  • Meadows and seeps (mesic)
  • Vernal pools
Microhabitat Details:
Microhabitat:
Notes:
Threatened by agriculture, urbanization, development, grazing, road widening, road maintenance, and non-native plants. See Bulletin of the California Academy of Sciences 2(6):151 (1887) for original description, and American Journal of Botany 56(9):1042-1047 (1969) for information on origin and relationships.
Threats:
Taxonomy:
Threat List Total: 17
Total EOs % of EOs
EOs with Threat Listed: 30 83 %
THREAT LIST:
Development 21 58%
Agriculture 19 52%
Grazing 16 44%
Non-native plant impacts 10 27%
Disking 6 16%
Total Occurrences: 36
Element Occurrence Ranks:
A B C D X U
3 14 8 3 4 4
Occurrence Status:
Historical >20 Years 12
Recent <=20 Years 24
Presence:
Presumed Extant 32
Possibly Extirpated 1
Presumed Extirpated 3
California Endemic:
California Island:
States: Name (Code)
California (CA)
California Counties and Islands: Name (Code)
Lake (LAK), Mendocino (MEN), Napa (NAP), Sonoma (SON)
Quads: Name (Quad Code)
Calistoga (3812255), Clearlake Highlands (3812286), Cotati (3812236), Healdsburg (3812257), Jimtown (3812267), Kelseyville (3812287), Lower Lake (3812285), Middletown (3812275), Santa Rosa (3812246), Sebastopol (3812247), Ukiah (3912322)
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.
Presumed Extant
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