'Future survival of rare plants remains uncertain'

The future of some of the world's rarest plants remains uncertain after a heating system broke down in a special glasshouses ...

One of the world’s rarest plants is in SC — right at the center of rapid development

Conservationists are preserving the endangered bunched arrowhead flower in Travelers Rest, South Carolina and Henderson ...

A rare desert plant shows benefits of sustainability efforts at a large solar array in the Mojave Desert

Although sunlight is one of the cleanest forms of renewable energy available, clearing large swathes of desert habitat to ...
Smithsonian Magazine on MSN

A Rare, Parasitic ‘Fairy Lantern’ Plant Species Was Discovered in Malaysia. It Might Be Critically Endangered

The plant was first spotted near a popular picnic site within a forest. But subsequent surveys have found fewer than 20 ...
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This Beautiful Flower Is One Of The Rarest In The World, But Can You Grow It At Home?

Middlemist's Red camellia growing in a garden - Pridannikov/Getty Images Camellia japonica 'Middlemist's Red' is one of the rarest flowering plants in the world. It was first collected from China in ...
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Power outages from Russian strikes threaten rare plants at Kyiv’s national botanical garden

Representatives of the garden said tropical and subtropical plants are suffering from the loss of electricity and heating in ...
Earth.com

Recently discovered plant species is already endangered

Botanists discovered a new plant species in Colombia that is already endangered, naming it Aphelandra almanegra.
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New Jersey’s rare plants need their day in the sun

Hidden in the wet, shady woods of northwest New Jersey blooms a remarkable and rare plant – Yellow Hammond’s Spring Beauty. Found nowhere else on Earth, it’s just one example of the many plants that ...