Threatened, Endangered, and Proposed (TEP) Plant Profile
Acanthomintha ilicifolia. Photo by Victoria Marshall, San Diego County, May 2005.
Acanthomintha ilicifolia. Photo by Gary A. Monroe, USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database.
Acanthomintha ilicifolia habitat. Photo by Gary A. Monroe, USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database.
Acanthomintha ilicifolia range map.
Acanthomintha ilicifolia, San Diego thornmint
ESA Status
Visit the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service Species Profile link below for links to listing and other USFWS documents.
- Listed Threatened 1998 (PDF, 154 KB)
Threats
- Habitat destruction or fragmentation from urbanization and agricultural conversion
- Invasion of nonnative plants
- Off-road vehicle (ORV) use
- Increased erosion, grazing
- Trampling by humans and cattle
- Clay mining