Rare and Endangered Plants Gallery
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.
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Echinacea paradoxa - Yellow coneflower
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Glandularia tampensis - Tampa mock vervain
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Heliconia angusta - Christmas heliconia
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Argyroxiphium sandwicense - Silversword
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Acacia koaia - Koa'oha or Koai‘a
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Kokia drynarioides - Hau hele ʻula
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Acampe longifolia - Acampe longifolia
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Guaiacum officinale - Tree of life or Lignum vitae
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Guaiacum santum - Holywood
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Delissea rhytidosperma - Kauai delissea
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Lachenalia mathewsii - Lachenalia mathewsii
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Lycaste ciliata - Lycaste orchid
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Magnolia ashei - Ashe magnolia
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Lilium catesbaei - Catesby lily, Southern red lily, or Pine lily
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Osteomeles anthyllidifolia - Hawaiian hawthorn, ʻŪlei or Uʻulei
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Gaillardia aestivalis var.winkleri - Winkler's blanketflower
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Encephalartos lehmannii - Karoo cycad
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Euphorbia obesa - Baseball plant
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Mammillaria hahniana - Old woman cactus
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Dracaena draco - Dragon Tree
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Dendrobium pulchellum - Dendrobium pulchellum
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Achyranthes splendens - Maui chaff flower
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Pogonia ophioglossoides - Rose pogonia
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Hibiscus waimeae - Koki'o ke'oke'o or Hawaiian white hibiscus
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Gentiana saponaria - Soapwort gentian or harvest bells
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Gentiana autumnalis - Pine barrens gentian
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Hibiscus clayi - Clay's hibiscus or Kokiʻo ʻula
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Hibiscus brackenridgei - Maʻo hau hele or Aloalo
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Gossypium tomentosum - Hawaiian cotton
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Echinocactus grusonii - Golden barrel cactus
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Erythrina sandwicensis - Wiliwili
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Erythrina sandwicensis - Wiliwili
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Dracaena draco - Dragon tree
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Dionaea muscipula - Venus fly trap
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Cypripedium acaule - Pink lady-slipper
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Clinopodium georgianum - Georgia savory
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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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Taxus floridana - Florida yew
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Sarracenia rubra Walter - ssp. Rubra - Sweet pitcher plant
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Sarracenia rubra - ssp. Alabamenis - Canebrake pitcher plant
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Sarracenia - Sarracenia
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Nolina brittoniana - Britton’s beargrass
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Macbridea alba - White-birds-in-a-nest
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Lilium iridollae - Pot-of-gold lily
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Liatris scariosa - var. novae-angliae - New England blazing star
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Gaillardia aestivalis - var. winkleri - Winkler’s gaillardia
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Erythrina sandwicensis - Wiliwili
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Elliottia racemosa - Georgia plume
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Echinacea tennesseensis - Tennessee coneflower
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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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