CPC2021 Archives - Center for Plant Conservation

In our garden taking picture of this flying species

Looking to ID this species. […]

Dudleya brevifolia plants

Dudleya brevifolia plants being grown by the San Diego Zoo Wildlife Alliance seed bank. […]

Dudleya brevifolia

Dudleya brevifolia blooming at Torrey Pines State Park […]

sponge gourd (Luffa cylindrica syn. L. aegyptiaca)

Sponge gourd (Luffa cylindrica syn. L. aegyptiaca) belongs to the Cucurbitaceae family, and is a cultivated species of the genus Luffa. It is as well an important traditional vegetable that has for so many years enhanced breeding for resilience to pests and diseases. […]

A striking example of Carters flax

Linum carteri var. carteri is an annual plant endemic to Miami-Dade County. Like other annual plants, it has the potential to produce hundreds of seeds that help ensure its next generation. […]

Clitoria fragrans, sweet-scented pigeon wings

Clitoria fragrans Small (Fabaceae) is a state-endangered and federally threatened perennial herb found only in Florida, where it is narrowly distributed along the Lake Wales Ridge in Central Florida in fire-adapted upland xeric habitats. Anthropogenic activities that pose threats to populations of C. fragrans include habitat loss and fire suppression. Like many species that inhabit fire-prone landscapes, C. fragrans rebounds […]

DNA Banking Gholson’s Blazingstar

Atlanta Botanical Garden Field Biologist Cami Adams prepares to collect a DNA leaf sample parallel to the maternal line seed collected of Liatris gholsonii. […]

Gholson’s blazingstar in bud

Gholson’s blazingstar in bud […]

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Sachem skipper nectaring on Melanthera parvifolia flowers

Sachem skipper butterfly visiting flowers of pineland blackanthers (Melanthera parvifolia) at the Fairchild Tropical Botanic Garden nursery ex situ conservation living collection. […]