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DoomsdaysCW @[email protected] · 2026-04-05 · 01:50 UTC

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.' "

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

#botanist #seeds #deathvalleysage #californiabotanicgarden #solarpunksunday #california

DoomsdaysCW @[email protected] · 2026-03-14 · 16:03 UTC

#DeathValley sees its most spectacular #superbloom in a decade

The #wildflowers have painted the usually barren landscape of #DeathValleyNationalPark — one of the hottest and driest places in the country — in pretty pink, purple and yellow.

March 8, 2026, 6:00 AM EDT
By Denise Chow

Excerpt: " 'You can think of it like drought evasion,' said Erik Rakestraw, a curator of botany at the Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum in Tucson. 'In their seed form, it’s like they’re not even existing. They’re just laying in the soil.'

"In the proper conditions, the seeds will germinate. Then, after the flowers are pollinated, they’ll turn back to seeds and the cycle will begin again."

#Southwest #DesertFlowers #Nature #2026SuperBloom