The U.S. Botanic Garden is one of many botanic gardens worldwide that actively participate in the conservation of endangered species by maintaining live specimens in their collections, studying wild plants at risk, banking seeds of rare plants, and introducing rare plants to the horticultural trade. Some Rare and Endangered plants are included in the gallery below.
Rare and Endangered Plants Gallery
Conradina verticillata - Cumberland rosemary
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Conradina brevifolia - False rosemary
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Capparis sandwichiana - Hawaiian caper
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Chionanthus pygmaeus - Pygmy fringe tree
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Boltonia decurrens - Doll's daisy
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Brighamia insignis - Cabbage on a stick
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Harperocallis flava - Harper's beauty
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Artemisia mauiensis - Hawaiian wormwood, Maui mugwort, or ʻĀhinahina
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Abutilon menziesii - Koʻoloaʻula
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Wodyetia bifurcata - Foxtail palm
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Welwitschia mirabilis - Onyanga (Desert Onion)
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Torreya taxifolia - Stinking cedar
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