Mercer Botanic Gardens, a Harris County botanical park facility, began endangered native plant conservation efforts in 1986 with the ex-situ conservation (seed banking and propagation) of a local federally listed species, Texas prairie dawn, Hymenoxys texana, Asteraceae (G2) and its rare saline prairie associates. Mercer became a participating institution for the Center for Plant Conservation […]
Conservation of Texas Prairie Dawn, Hymenoxys texana (Asteraceae), and Neche’s River Rose-Mallow, Hibiscus dasycalyx (Malvaceae), by Mercer Botanic Gardens
