Shiny-fruited allocarya – State Wildlife Action Plan

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Shiny-fruited allocarya is a slender, erect annual with a simple, strigose stem 10-30 cm tall. The leaves are linear, 1-2 cm long, glabrous above and hispid below. Flowers are borne on very short pedicels and arranged in one-sided racemes bracted only towards the base. The fruiting calyx is somewhat thickened at the base, with narrowly lanceolate lobes 0.1-0.2 cm long. The corolla is very small and whitish. Nutlets are shiny, broadly ovate, 0.15 cm long by 0.1 cm broad, the apex incurving, the dorsum with broad keel and ridges, the ventral keel strongly developed, the lower portion in a deep groove, with 1-2 nutlets produced per flower.

Overview

Species Common Name Shiny-fruited allocarya
Species Scientific Name Plagiobothrys lamprocarpus
State Listing Status Endangered

Ecoregions

Klamath Mountains

The Klamath Mountains ecoregion covers much of southwestern Oregon, including the Klamath Mountains, Siskiyou Mountains, the interior valleys and foothills between these and the Cascade Range, and the Rogue and Umpqua river valleys. Several popular and scenic rivers run through the ecoregion, including the Umpqua, Rogue, Illinois, and Applegate rivers. Historically, this ecoregion is known …

Special needs

The type specimen for shiny-fruited allocarya indicates that it is from “moist places in an old road”. Specific habitat needs remain unknown. The species is likely extinct.

Limiting factors

Agricultural and urban development may have impacted this species.

Data gaps

Conduct surveys to determine whether or not shiny-fruited allocarya has been extirpated. Perform a taxonomic review of this species.

Conservation actions

If populations are located, determine conservation actions needed to maintain them.