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Threatened, Endangered, and Proposed (TEP) Plant Profile

Close up Dodecahema leptoceras flowers.
Dodecahema leptoceras flowers. Photo by Scott Eliason.

Close up Dodecahema leptoceras rosette.
Dodecahema leptoceras rosette. Photo by Scott Eliason.

Dodecahema leptoceras, entire plant.
Slender-horned Spineflower grows in sandy areas. Photo by Scott Eliason.

Dodecahema leptoceras flowers.
Dodecahema leptoceras flowers. Photo by Scott Eliason.

Dodecahema leptoceras range map.
Dodecahema leptoceras range map.

Dodecahema leptoceras, slender-horned spineflower

ESA Status

Visit the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service Species Profile link below for links to listing and other USFWS documents.

  • Listed as: Centrostegia leptoceras
  • PLANTS Database Name: Dodecahema leptoceras
  • Listed Endangered 1987 (PDF, 0.5 MB)

Threats

  • Proposed development projects
  • Flood control activities
  • Sand and gravel mining
  • Recreational uses of its habitat

Conservation Status

National Forest and Grassland Occurrence

More Information

U.S. Forest Service
Rangeland Management
Botany Program

1400 Independence Ave., SW, Mailstop Code: 1103
Washington DC 20250-1103

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Location: http://www.fs.fed.us/wildflowers/rareplants/profiles/tep/dodecahema_leptoceras/index.shtml
Last modified: Wednesday, 13-Oct-2010 14:36:20 EDT