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
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Echinacea laevigata - smooth coneflower
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Conradina verticillata - Cumberland false rosemary
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Conradina brevifolia - False rosemary
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Chionanthus pygmaeus - Pygmy fringe tree
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Brighamia insignis - Cabbage on a stick
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Boltonia decurrens - Doll's daisy or Decurrent false aster
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