FW: exceedingly fragrant Santa Cruz Mountains violets


----- To: Reidfamily; jevens@cnps.org
Subject: exceedingly fragrant Santa Cruz Mountains violets


Well, I've never submitted a taxon for status protection, but Julie Evens at

CA Fish and Game should know, so I have forwarded your note to her (above).
Her phone number is 916-327-0714.



> Michael:
> 
> This question came up on the Mediterranean Garden Society web forum, and
> I
> thought you might know the answer.
> 
> Karrie Reid
> 
>  
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-medit-plants@ucdavis.edu
> [o*@ucdavis.edu]
> On Behalf Of billgrant
> Sent: Wednesday, October 17, 2007 8:37 AM
> To: Medit Plants
> Subject: 3 exceedingly fragrant Santa Cruz Mountains violets
> 
>  
> 
> This was sent to me by Ray Collett, former director of the UCSC
> Arboretum.
> How do you apply for an endangered species?  Bill Grant
> 
>  
> 
> 
> Fresh flowers of the 3 Santa Cruz Mountains violet are shown in the JPG
> above. In reality Santa Cruz Mountains violets are all highly endangered.
> Not only are Santa Cruz Mountains violets endangered themselves but they
> also serve as endangered butterfly caterpillar food. Does anyone know how
> the 3 Santa Cruz Mountains violets might become LEGALLY endangered?
> 
> Santa Cruz Mountains violets have almost no range and are threatened by
> the
> invasive Vinca major.
> 
> The pink violet is a UCSC violet. The purple violet is a Bear Creek
> violet.
> The tiny violet is a Laguna Creek violet. They are all far more fragrant
> than the best parfum violets in cultivation. Their value to human humans
> is
> obvious to human humans.Oct. 2007
> 
Michael Barbour, ENH Dept.
University of California
Davis, CA 95616, USA
530-752-2956 (office), 530-795-2009 (home)
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