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
Achyranthes splendens - Maui chaff flower
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Pogonia ophioglossoides - Rose pogonia
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Echinocactus grusonii - Golden barrel cactus
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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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