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Ancistrocarphus keilii
About
Ancistrocarphus keilii is a rare species of flowering plant known by the common name Santa Ynez groundstar. It is endemic to Santa Barbara County, California, where it is known only from three populations in the Santa Ynez River drainage. There were 180 individuals estimated in existence, until 2023, when a few thousand bloomed. The plant was described to science in 2004.
- Family
- Asteraceae
Ecology
How it lives
- Propagated by
- Seed
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- Name
- Ancistrocarphus keilii
- Slug
- ancistrocarphus-keilii
- Kingdom
- Plantae
- Family
- Asteraceae
- Genus
- Ancistrocarphus
- Species
- keilii
- Wikidata QID
- Q4753063
- Propagule type
- seed
- Container suitable
- No
- Indoor suitable
- No
- OSSI pledged
- No
- Hazard level
- 1
- Data completeness
- 43
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