One of my two clones of this species always sets some seed (selfs); the other doesn't. Its relatively short season of growth (though not as short as Paramongaia) might make it less of a hit on the global marketplace than Bruce suggests. The mass gregarious flowering on the lomas is similar to what the related Leptochiton quitoensis (and possibly I. helianthus) do where there populations have been left undisturbed. I am glad to hear from Norton that at least one of the lomas that harbor the species is being preserved. Alan Meerow