BC Conservation Data Centre: Species Summary
Corispermum pallasii
Pallas' Bugseed
| Scientific Name: | Corispermum pallasii Steven | ||||||||||
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| English Name: | Pallas' Bugseed | ||||||||||
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| Scientific Name - Concept Reference: | Kartesz, J.T. 1999. A synonymized checklist and atlas with biological attributes for the vascular flora of the United States, Canada, and Greenland. First edition. In: Kartesz, J.T., and C.A. Meacham. Synthesis of the North American Flora, Version 1.0. North Carolina Botanical Garden, Chapel Hill, N.C. | ||||||||||
| Classification Level: | Species | ||||||||||
| Species Group: | Vascular Plant | ||||||||||
| Species Code: | CORIPAL | ||||||||||
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| Global Status: | G4? (Jan 2012) | ||||||||||
| Provincial Status: | SU (Apr 2019) | ||||||||||
| BC List: | Unknown | ||||||||||
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| General Status Canada: | 3 - Sensitive (2010) | ||||||||||
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| Global Reproduction Comments: | Flowering late summer-fall (Mosyakin 2/2001, FNA draft). | ||||||||||
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| Global Habitat Comments: | Sand dunes, sandy and gravelly shores, waste places (Mosyakin 2/2001, FNA draft). Voss (1985) reported that this species occurs on dunes and sandy beaches of the Great Lakes (in Michigan), and rarely inland on sand banks or in railroad yards and gravel pits. | ||||||||||
| Provincial Phenology: (1st half of month/ 2nd half of month) |
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| Endemic: | N | ||||||||||
| Global Range Comment: | According to Mosyakin (1995, 2/2001), three areas of distribution [two probably native]: (1) mostly southeastern Siberia (Russia), with adjacent Mongolia and China; (2) central North America, where it "may" [or is likely to] be native in part, but introduced from Europe as well; and (3) Europe, where "evidently" all introduced. | ||||||||||
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| Global Information Author: | MACBRYDE, B. | ||||||||||
| Last Updated: | Apr 24, 2001 | ||||||||||
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| References and Related Literature | |||||||||||
Flora of North America Editorial Committee (FNA). 2003b. Flora of North America north of Mexico. Vol. 4, Magnoliophyta: Caryophyllidae, part 1. Oxford University Press, New York. xxiv + 559 pp. |
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Mosyakin, S.L. 2001. Corispermum. Unpublished 4 Feb. 2001 treatment for Flora of North America, Vol. 4. 14 pp. Online on WWW at http://hua.huh.harvard.edu/FNA/corispermum.html |
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Voss, E.G. 1985. Michigan flora. Part II. Dicotyledons. Cranbrook Institute of Science and University of Michigan Herbarium. Ann Arbor, Michigan. 1212 pp. |
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Suggested Citation:
B.C. Conservation Data Centre. 2001. Species Summary: Corispermum pallasii. B.C. Minist. of Environment. Available: https://a100.gov.bc.ca/pub/eswp/ (accessed Jun 19, 2026).