#rareplants — Public Fediverse posts

Coyote Thistle for #ThistleThursday due to the common name... but this plant is actually in the Apiaceae family, while thistles belong to the Asteraceae 🤪

The scientific name is Eryngium aristulatum var. parishii and another common name is San Diego Button Celery.

This is a rare/endangered native plant, due to limited distribution and habitat loss. It grows in vernal pools, of which >90% in San Diego have been lost due to development.

https://www.alex-kunz.com/plant/eryngium-aristulatum-var-parishii-coyote-thistle-san-diego-button-celery/

#NativePlants #SanDiego #NaturePhotography #CloseUp #VernalPool #Nature #Plants #BloomScrolling #Florespondence #VernalPools #IntimateLandscape #RarePlants #SouthernCalifornia #Endangered

https://www.europesays.com/africa/362677/ Rare ‘living stone’ plant in Namibia on the brink of extinction #ClimateChange #CriticallyEndangeredPlant #ErongoMountains #IllegalPlantCollection #IucnRedList #LithopsWerneri #LivingStonePlant #Mongabay #Namibia #NamibiaSucculent #NamibiaWildlife #PlantConservation #RarePlants

Ladew Gardens hosts festival with rare plants, wellness programs https://www.allforgardening.com/1738202/ladew-gardens-hosts-festival-with-rare-plants-wellness-programs/ #18thAnnualGardenFestival #41Vendors #antique #BigPlantSale #EmilyEmerick #ExecutiveDirector #garden #GardenFestival #gardening #item #LadewGardens #LadewGardensHostFestival #meditation #MeditationStations #MilyEmerick #NativePlants #NewWellnessInitiative #pause #people #RachelleFowler #RarePlant #RarePlants #WellnessProgram #WellnessPrograms #year

https://www.europesays.com/uk/920037/ Only one known single spyridium plant is left in the wild on the Coorong, but scientists are hunting for more #AdelaideBotanicGardens #EndangeredPlantSpecies #EndangeredPlants #EndangeredPlantsAustralia #Environment #LimestoneCoastLandscapeBoard #RarePlants #RareWildFlower #Science #SouthAustralia #spyridium #UK #UnitedKingdom #wilderness #WoodsWell #WoodsWellSpyridium

A #botanist searches for the #seeds of the rare #DeathValleySage

April 2, 2026

"For more than 15 years, botanist Naomi Fraga of the #CaliforniaBotanicGarden has been trying to collect seeds from the rare Death Valley sage, for safekeeping in a vault of native California seeds. Each time, she's come home empty handed. But this year, with the desert in the midst of a big bloom, she's trying again.

" 'It's a little bit of a gamble,' she says. 'But, you know, the plant's having a really good year. I feel hopeful.' "

Read more:
https://www.npr.org/sections/the-picture-show/2026/04/01/nx-s1-5749446/botanist-search-seeds-rare-death-valley-sage

#SolarPunkSunday #California #RarePlants #SeedVaults #SeedSaving #RareSeeds #DesertBloom #DeathValley #SuperBloom #PlantPreservation