Save a Species Walk is an event in

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focused on preservation of rare and endangered plants. Each event includes nominating specific plants. It involves a walk to raise money for seeds to be prepared and stored at the Australian PlantBank at the Australian Botanic Garden, Mount Annan.

Plants by year

The plants identified below are from the Royal Botanic Garden website

2014

* needle-leaved geebung '' Persoonia acerosa'' * glandular pink-bell ''

Tetratheca glandulosa ''Tetratheca glandulosa'' is a spreading shrub in the family Elaeocarpaceae. It is endemic to New South Wales. Description Its leaves are alternate or opposite or rarely in whorls of three or four. They are linear and 3–20 mm long by 1–2 m ...

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Olearia cordata ''Olearia cordata'' is an aromatic slender shrub with mostly mauve to dark blue daisy-like flowers endemic to New South Wales. Flowers appear in clusters at the end of branches, leaves are narrow and heart-shaped near the base. Description ''Ol ...

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Zieria involucrata ''Zieria involucrata'' is a plant in the citrus family Rutaceae and is endemic to New South Wales. It is a sparse, erect shrub with mostly three-part leaves and groups of up to 21 small white flowers, the groups shorter than the leaves. It mostl ...

2015

* thick leaf star hair '' Astrotricha crassifolia'' * Budawangs cliff heath '' Budawangia gnidioides'' * white flowered wax plant '' Cynanchum elegans'' * buttercup doubletail orchid ''

Diuris aequalis ''Diuris aequalis'', commonly called the buttercup doubletail, is a species of orchid which is endemic to New South Wales. It has two rolled leaves and spikes of two to five golden-yellow to orange flowers and is classified as "vulnerable". Des ...

'' * sparse heath '' Epacris sparsa'' * Fletchers drumsticks '' Isopogon fletcheri'' * Evans sedge '' Lepidosperma evansianum'' * Woronora beard heath ''

Leucopogon exolasius ''Leucopogon exolasius'', commonly known as Woronora beard-heath, is a species of flowering plant in the heath family Ericaceae and is endemic to a small area of New South Wales. It is an erect shrub with oblong or elliptic leaves, and drooping, ...

'' * dwarf mountain pine '' Pherosphaera fitzgeraldii'' * velvet zieria '' Zieria murphyi'' * black hooded sun orchid ''

Thelymitra atronitida ''Thelymitra atronitida'', commonly called the black-hooded orchid, is a species of orchid that is endemic to south-eastern Australia. It has a single erect, leathery, leaf and up to eight moderately dark blue, self-pollinating flowers that only ...

'' * villous mint bush ''

Prostanthera densa ''Prostanthera densa'', commonly known as villous mint-bush, is a species of flowering plant in the family Lamiaceae and is endemic to near-coastal areas of New South Wales. It is an erect, often compact shrub with aromatic branches, egg-shaped l ...

'' * '' Euphrasia bowdeniae'' * ''Grevillea parviflora'' subsp. ''supplicans'' * ''Hibbertia stricta'' subsp. ''furcatula''

2016

* narrow-leaved bertya ''

Bertya ingramii ''Bertya ingramii'', commonly known as the narrow-leaved bertya, is a shrub native to eastern Australia Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a Sovereign state, sovereign country comprising the mainland of the Austral ...

'' * four-tailed grevillea '' Grevillea quadricauda'' * bordered guinea flower '' Hibbertia marginata'' * Dorrigo waratah ''

Alloxylon pinnatum ''Alloxylon pinnatum'', known as Dorrigo waratah, is a tree of the family Proteaceae found in warm-temperate rainforest of south-east Queensland and northern New South Wales in eastern Australia. It has shiny green leaves that are either pinnate ...

'' * tall knotweed ''

Persicaria elatior ''Persicaria elatior'', commonly known as tall knotweed, is a species of flowering plant native Native may refer to: People * Jus soli, citizenship by right of birth * Indigenous peoples, peoples with a set of specific rights based on their ...

'' * Moonee Quassia ''Quassia'' sp. Mooney Creek * trailing monotoca '' Monotoca rotundifolia'' * creeping hop-bush ''

Dodonaea procumbens ''Dodonaea procumbens'', commonly known as trailing hop bush or creeping hop-bush, is a species of shrub in the genus '' Dodonaea'' found in eastern Australia. It occurs in many places in Australia such as South Australia, New South Wales and Vi ...

'' * Suggan Buggan mallee '' Eucalyptus saxatilis'' * Bega wattle '' Acacia georgensis'' * musty leek orchid ''

Prasophyllum pallens ''Prasophyllum pallens'', commonly known as slaty leek orchid or musty leek orchid , is a species of orchid in the family Orchidaceae and is endemic to New South Wales. It has a single tubular, green leaf and up to thirty fragrant, pale tawny gre ...

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