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lichen A lichen ( , ) is a composite organism that arises from algae or cyanobacteria living among filaments of multiple fungi species in a mutualistic relationship.Endangered Species List On 29 January 2010, the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species identified 5220 (2754 animals, 1 fungus, 2464 plant, 1 protist) endangered species, subspecies and varieties, stocks and sub-populations. For IUCN lists of endangered species by kingdom, ...
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Conifers

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Abies guatemalensis ''Abies guatemalensis'', the Guatemalan fir or ''pinabete'', is an evergreen tree native to Central America and is the southernmost member of the genus ''Abies'' being spread to the south lower than 14° N. Its range is from southern (less from ...
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Cupressus abramsiana The Santa Cruz cypress (''Hesperocyparis abramsiana''; formerly classified as ''Cupressus abramsiana'') is a species of North American tree within the Cypress family. The species is endemic to the Santa Cruz Mountains within the Santa Cruz and S ...
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Fitzroya cupressoides ''Fitzroya'' is a monotypic genus in the cypress family. The single living species, ''Fitzroya cupressoides'', is a tall, long-lived conifer native to the Andes mountains and coastal of southern Chile, and only to the Andes mountains Argentina, ...
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'' Sequoia sempervirens'' (coast redwood)
'' Sequoiadendron giganteum'' (giant redwood)
'' Torreya taxifolia'' (Florida torreya)


Ferns and fern allies

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Adenophorus periens ''Adenophorus periens'' is a rare species of fern known by the common name pendant kihi fern. It is endemic to Hawaii, where it is known from one population in Puna on the island of Hawaii and a few occurrences on Kauai and Molokai. The fern occu ...
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Adiantum vivesii ''Adiantum vivesii'' is a rare species of maidenhair fern known by the common name Puerto Rico maidenhair. Distribution ''Adiantum vivesii'' is endemic to Puerto Rico, where it is known from a single population made up of perhaps 1000 individual ...
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Ctenitis squamigera ''Ctenitis squamigera'', commonly known as the Pacific lacefern or ''pauoa'', is a critically endangered species of fern found only on the islands of Hawaii.Bruegmann, M. M. & V. Caraway. (2003)''Ctenitis squamigera'' IUCN Red List of Threatened ...
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'' Cyathea dryopteroides'' (elfin tree fern)
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Diplazium molokaiense ''Diplazium molokaiense'' is a rare species of fern known by the common name Molokai twinsorus fern. It is endemic to Hawaii, where it is one of the rarest ferns.Wood, K. R. (2006)Conservation status of the Hawaiian endemic fern ''Diplazium molok ...
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'' Doryopteris angelica'' (Kauai digit fern)
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Dryopteris crinalis ''Dryopteris crinalis'' is a species of fern known as the serpent woodfern. It is endemic to Hawaii, where it is known from the main islands.Elaphoglossum serpens'' (no common name)
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Isoetes louisianensis ''Isoetes louisianensis'', the Louisiana quillwort, is a small, grass-like aquatic plant of the family Isoetaceae. It is "one of the rarest quillworts in North America."Isoetes melanospora ''Isoetes melanospora'', commonly known as black-spored quillwort or black-spored Merlin's grass, is a rare and endangered aquatic lycophyte endemic to the U.S. states of Georgia and South Carolina. It grows exclusively in shallow, temporary pool ...
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'' Isoetes tegetiformans'' (mat-forming quillwort)
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Marsilea villosa ''Marsilea villosa'', the ihiihi (Hawaiian language, Hawaiian) or villous waterclover (English language, English), is a species of fern that is Endemism, endemic to the islands of Oahu, Oahu, Molokai, Molokai and Niihau, Niihau in Hawaii. It is f ...
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Lichens

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Cladonia perforata ''Cladonia perforata'' is a rare species of lichen known as Florida perforate cladonia and Florida perforate reindeer lichen. It is endemic to the state of Florida in the United States, where it is known from 16 populations in four widely separat ...
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Gymnoderma lineare ''Cetradonia'' is a lichen genus in the family Cladoniaceae. A monotypic genus, ''Cetradonia'' contains the single species ''Cetradonia linearis'' (formerly known as ''Cladonia linearis'' and as ''Gymnoderma lineare''). The genus was circumscrib ...
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Flowering plants

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Abronia macrocarpa ''Abronia macrocarpa'' is a rare species of flowering plant known by the common name largefruit sand verbena. It is endemic to eastern Texas, where its current range is limited to Freestone, Leon, and Robertson counties. It inhabits harsh, ope ...
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Abutilon eremitopetalum ''Abutilon eremitopetalum'', commonly known as the hidden-petaled abutilon or hiddenpetal Indian mallow, is a species of flowering shrub in the mallow family, Malvaceae. It is endemic to dry forests and low shrublands on the windward side of ...
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Abutilon menziesii ''Abutilon menziesii'', known as Kooloaula in Hawaiian, is an endangered species of flowering shrub in the mallow family, Malvaceae, that is endemic to Hawaii. Description It is a sprawling shrub that can reach up to 10 feet in height. The ...
'' (koʻoloaʻula)
'' Abutilon sandwicense'' (greenflower Indian mallow)
'' Acaena exigua'' (liliwai)
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Acanthomintha ilicifolia ''Acanthomintha ilicifolia'', known by the common name San Diego thornmint, is a rare species of flowering plant in the mint family. It is native to Baja California and San Diego County, California, where it is a resident of the chaparral and c ...
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Achyranthes mutica ''Achyranthes mutica'' (also called blunt chaff flower) is a species of plant in the family Amaranthaceae. It is endemic to Hawaii. It is a perennial shrub that grows up to tall. Its natural habitats are dry forests and subtropical or tropical ...
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Aconitum noveboracense ''Aconitum noveboracense'', also known as northern blue monkshood or northern wild monkshood, is a flowering plant belonging to the buttercup family (Ranunculaceae). Members of its genus ('' Aconitum'') are also known as wolfsbane. The United ...
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Aeschynomene virginica ''Aeschynomene virginica'' is a rare species of flowering plant in the legume family known by the common names Virginia jointvetch and sensitive jointvetch. It is native to a small section of the East Coast of the United States, where it has a fl ...
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Agalinis acuta ''Agalinis acuta'' is an annual hemiparasitic plant native to Maryland, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Connecticut, and Long Island, New York. Common names include sandplain gerardia and sandplain false foxglove. It is one of about 70 species tha ...
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Alectryon macrococcus ''Alectryon macrococcus'', known as ''Alaalahua'' or ''Māhoe'' in Hawaiian, is a species of flowering tree in the soapberry Soapberry is a common name for several plants and may refer to: * Plants in the genus ''Sapindus'', native to warm temp ...
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'' Allium munzii'' (Munz' onion)
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Alsinidendron lychnoides ''Alsinidendron lychnoides'' is a species of plant in the family Caryophyllaceae. It is endemic to dry forests and low shrublands in Hawaii. It is threatened by habitat loss Habitat destruction (also termed habitat loss and habitat reducti ...
'' (kuawawaenohu)
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Alsinidendron obovatum ''Alsinidendron obovatum'' is a species of flowering plant in the family Caryophyllaceae. It is endemic to lowland moist forests in Hawaii. It is threatened by habitat loss Habitat destruction (also termed habitat loss and habitat reductio ...
'' (Waianae Range alsinidendron)
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Alsinidendron trinerve ''Alsinidendron trinerve'', also called three nerved alsinidendron, is a species of flowering plant in the family Caryophyllaceae, that is endemic to island of Oahu in Hawaii. It is a subshrub, reaching a height of . Three-nerved alsinidendron i ...
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Alsinidendron viscosum ''Alsinidendron viscosum'', also called climbing alsinidendron, is a species of flowering plant in the family Caryophyllaceae. It is endemic to lowland and montane moist forests in Hawaii. It is threatened by habitat loss Habitat destruct ...
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'' Amaranthus brownii'' (Brown's pigweed)
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Amaranthus pumilus ''Amaranthus pumilus'', the seaside amaranth or seabeach amaranth, is a species of amaranth. This annual plant is now a threatened species, although it was formerly scattered along the eastern coast of the United States, its native range. His ...
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Ambrosia cheiranthifolia ''Ambrosia cheiranthifolia'' is a rare species of flowering plant known by the common names South Texas ambrosia and Rio Grande ragweed. It is native to the coast of South Texas and the Mexican states of Tamaulipas and Coahuila. It occurs in coa ...
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Ambrosia pumila ''Ambrosia pumila'' is a rare species of herbaceous perennial plant known by the common names San Diego ragweed and San Diego ambrosia. It is native to far southern California, Baja California, and Baja California Sur. It grows in floodplains and ...
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Amsinckia grandiflora ''Amsinckia grandiflora'' is a species of fiddleneck known by the common name large-flowered fiddleneck. This is a wildflower endemic to California and considered a Critically endangered species on the state and national level. Distribution The ...
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Amsonia kearneyana ''Amsonia kearneyana'' is a rare species of flowering plant in the dogbane family known by the common name Kearney's bluestar. It is native to Arizona, where there is only one native population in the Baboquivari Mountains of Pima County. There m ...
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Apios priceana ''Apios priceana'' is a rare species of flowering plant in the legume family known by the common names Price's potato-bean, Price's groundnut, and traveler's delight. It is a climbing yellow-green vine in the growing from a stout, potato-like tu ...
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Arabis macdonaldiana ''Arabis macdonaldiana'' is a species of flowering plant in the mustard family known by the common name MacDonald's rockcress. It is native to northern California and Oregon, where it grows on newly exposed, barren serpentine soils in openings in ...
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'' Arabis perstellata'' (Braun's rockcress)
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Arabis serotina ''Borodinia serotina'' is a rare species of flowering plant in the mustard family known by the common name shale barren rockcress. It is native to eastern West Virginia and western Virginia in and around the Shenandoah Valley, where it is known ...
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Arctostaphylos confertiflora ''Arctostaphylos confertiflora'' is a rare species of manzanita known by the common name Santa Rosa Island manzanita. This shrub is endemic to California, where it grows on the sandstone bluffs of Santa Rosa Island in the Channel Islands. This ...
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'' Arctostaphylos morroensis'' (Morro manzanita)
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Arctostaphylos myrtifolia ''Arctostaphylos myrtifolia'' is a rare species of manzanita known by the common name Ione manzanita. It is endemic to the Sierra Nevada foothills of California. It grows in the chaparral and woodland plant community on a distinctive acidic soil ...
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Arctostaphylos pallida ''Arctostaphylos pallida'', commonly known as pallid manzanita, Oakland Hills manzanita, and Alameda manzanita, is an upright manzanita shrub from the Ericaceae, or heath family. It is endemic to the eastern San Francisco Bay Area of Northern Ca ...
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Arenaria paludicola ''Arenaria paludicola'' is a species of flowering plant in the family Caryophyllaceae known by the common names marsh sandwort and swamp sandwort. The plant grows in wet areas, such as marsh and bog. Distribution It is native to the west coas ...
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'' Arenaria ursina'' (Bear Valley sandwort)
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Argyroxiphium kauense The Mauna Loa silversword, ''Argyroxiphium kauense'', or Kaʻū silversword, is a rare species of flowering plant in the Asteraceae, aster family. It is endemic to the eastern and southern slopes of Mauna Loa on the island of Hawaii (island), Ha ...
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Aristida chaseae ''Aristida chaseae'' is a rare species of grass known by the common name Chase's threeawn. It is endemic to Puerto Rico, where it is known from two locations in the Cabo Rojo National Wildlife Refuge and the Sierra Bermeja.USFWSDetermination of ...
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'' Aristida portoricensis'' (pelos del diablo)
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Asclepias meadii ''Asclepias meadii'' is a rare species of milkweed known by the common name Mead's milkweed. It is native to the American Midwest, where it was probably once quite widespread in the tallgrass prairie. Today much of the Midwest has been fragment ...
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Asclepias welshii ''Asclepias welshii'' is a rare species of milkweed known by the common name Welsh's milkweed. It is native to southern Utah and northern Arizona, where there are four known occurrences remaining. Most of the plants occur in Coral Pink Sand Dune ...
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Asimina pulchella ''Asimina pulchella'' is a rare species of flowering plant in the custard apple family known by the common names beautiful pawpaw, royal false pawpaw, and white squirrel banana. It is a federal listed endangered species.Asimina rugelii ''Asimina rugelii'' is a rare species of flowering plant in the Annonaceae, custard apple family known by the common names Rugel's pawpaw, Rugel's false pawpaw, and yellow squirrel banana. It is Endemism, endemic to Volusia County, Florida, in th ...
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Asimina tetramera ''Asimina tetramera'', commonly known as the four-petal pawpaw, is a rare species of small tree or perennial shrub endemic to Martin and Palm Beach Counties in the state of Florida. The species is currently listed as endangered under the Endang ...
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Astelia waialealae ''Astelia waialealae'' is a rare species of plant in the Asteliaceae family that is endemic to the island of Kauai of the state of Hawaii in United States. It inhabits montane bogs within the vicinity of the Alakai Swamp on the island's centra ...
'' (pa`iniu)
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Astragalus albens ''Astragalus albens'' is a species of milkvetch known by the common names Cushenbury milkvetch and silvery-white milkvetch. Distribution It is endemic to San Bernardino County, California, where it is known from the northern slopes of the San Be ...
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Astragalus ampullarioides ''Astragalus ampullarioides'' is a rare species of milkvetch known by the common name Shivwits milkvetch. It was previously classified as a variety of ''Astragalus eremiticus''.Breinholt, J. W., et al. (2009)Population genetic structure of an end ...
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'' Astragalus applegatei'' (Applegate's milkvetch)
'' Astragalus bibullatus'' (Pyne's ground plum)
'' Astragalus brauntonii'' (Braunton's milkvetch)
'' Astragalus clarianus'' (Clara Hunt's milkvetch
'' Astragalus desereticus'' (Deseret milkvetch)
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Astragalus holmgreniorum ''Astragalus holmgreniorum'' is a rare species of milkvetch known by the common names Holmgren milk-vetch and paradox milk-vetch. It is native to a tiny section of desert shrub woodland on the border between Utah and Arizona, in the far northern ...
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'' Astragalus humillimus'' (Mancos milkvetch)
'' Astragalus jaegerianus'' (Lane Mountain milkvetch)
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Astragalus osterhoutii ''Astragalus osterhoutii'', or the Osterhout milkvetch or Kremmling milkvetch, is an endangered species of milkvetch, discovered and collected in 1905 at Sulfur Spring in Grand County, Colorado, Grand County Colorado by Colorado botanist George E ...
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'' Astragalus phoenix'' (Ash Meadows milkvetch)
'' Astragalus tricarinatus'' (triple-rib milkvetch)
'' Astrophytum asterias'' (sand dollar cactus)
'' Auerodendron pauciflorum'' (turtlefat)
'' Ayenia limitaris'' (Texas ayenia)
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Baccharis vanessae ''Baccharis vanessae'' is a rare California species of ''Baccharis'' known by the common name Encinitas baccharis. It is native primarily to San Diego County, California, almost endemic to the county except for one population a few miles over the ...
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Banara vanderbiltii ''Banara vanderbiltii'' is a rare species of plant in the willow family known by the common name Palo de Ramón. It is originates from Puerto Rico in the hills of Rio Lajas, and the east peak of "Tetas de Cayey" mountains in Salinas, where ther ...
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'' Baptisia arachnifera'' (hairy rattleweed)
'' Betula uber'' (Virginia roundleaf birch)
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Bidens wiebkei ''Bidens wiebkei'', the Molokaʻi koʻokoʻolau or Wiebke's beggarticks, is a species of flowering plant in the family Asteraceae. It belongs to the genus '' Bidens'', collectively called ''kokoʻolau'' or ''koʻokoʻolau'' in the Hawaiian ...
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Blennosperma bakeri ''Blennosperma bakeri'' is a rare species of flowering plant in the daisy family known by the common names Baker's stickyseed and Sonoma sunshine. Distribution It is endemic to Sonoma County, California, where it is known from a few remaining ...
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Boechera hoffmannii ''Boechera hoffmannii'' (formerly ''Arabis hoffmannii'') is a rare species of flowering plant in the family Brassicaceae known by the common name Hoffmann's rockcress. It is Endemism, endemic to the Channel Islands of California, where it is know ...
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Boltonia decurrens ''Boltonia decurrens'' is a rare species of flowering plant in the family Asteraceae known by the common names decurrent false aster and claspingleaf doll's daisy. It is native to the floodplains along the Illinois and Mississippi Rivers in t ...
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'' Bonamia grandiflora'' (Florida lady's nightcap)
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Bonamia menziesii ''Bonamia menziesii'', commonly known as Hawaii lady's nightcap, is a species of flowering plant in the morning glory family, Convolvulaceae, that is endemic to Hawaii. It is a vine or twisting liana with branches that can reach in length. Ha ...
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'' Brighamia insignis'' (cabbage on a stick)
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Brighamia rockii The Hawaiian lobelioids are a group of flowering plants in the bellflower family, Campanulaceae, subfamily Lobelioideae, all of which are endemic to the Hawaiian Islands. This is the largest plant radiation in the Hawaiian Islands, and indeed the ...
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Brodiaea filifolia ''Brodiaea filifolia'', known by the common name threadleaf brodiaea, is a rare species of flowering plant in the cluster-lily genus . It is endemic to southern California, mostly in the region around the junction of Orange, Riverside, and San ...
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Brodiaea pallida ''Brodiaea pallida'' is a rare species of flowering plant in the cluster-lily genus known by the common name Chinese Camp brodiaea. Distribution ''Brodiaea pallida'' is endemic to California, where it is known from a two populations along the b ...
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'' Buxus vahlii'' (Vahl's boxwood)
'' Caesalpinia kavaiensis'' (uhiuhi)
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Callicarpa ampla ''Callicarpa ampla'', also called the capa rose, is a species of plant in the family Lamiaceae. It is found in Puerto Rico in the Caribbean region. It is threatened by habitat loss and is a critically endangered plant species. History The capa ...
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Callirhoe scabriuscula ''Callirhoe scabriuscula'' is a rare species of flowering plant in the mallow family known as Texas poppy mallow. It is endemic to Texas, where it is known from about ten populations in the deep sands alongside the Colorado River. Much of its ha ...
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Calochortus tiburonensis ''Calochortus tiburonensis'', the Tiburon Mariposa lily, is a rare member of the genus ''Calochortus'' in the family Liliaceae. It is Endemism, endemic to Marin County, California, where it is known only from one population on Ring Mountain (Cali ...
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'' Calyptranthes thomasiana'' (Thomas' lidflower)
'' Cistanthe pulchella'' (Mariposa pussypaws)
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Calyptronoma rivalis ''Calyptronoma rivalis'' is a pinnately compound leaved palm species that is native to the Caribbean islands of Hispaniola (in both Haiti and the Dominican Republic) and Puerto Rico. Its common names include palma de manaca and Puerto Rican mana ...
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Calystegia stebbinsii ''Calystegia stebbinsii'' is a rare species of morning glory known by the common name Stebbins' false bindweed. It is Endemism, endemic to the Sierra Nevada (U.S.), Sierra Nevada foothills and the Tehachapi Mountains in Kern County, of California ...
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Camissonia benitensis ''Camissonia benitensis'' is a species of evening primrose known by the common names San Benito suncup and San Benito evening primrose. It is endemic to the Diablo Range of the South Coast Ranges of California, where its range includes far south ...
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Campanula robinsiae ''Campanula robinsiae'' is a rare species of flowering plant in the bellflower family known by the common names Brooksville bellflower, Robins' bellflower, and Chinsegut bellflower. It is endemic to Florida, where it is known from four or five o ...
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'' Canavalia molokaiensis'' (puakauhi)
'' Canavalia napaliensis'' (Mākaha Valley Jack-bean)
'' Cardamine micranthera'' (small-anthered bittercress)
'' Carex albida'' (white sedge)
'' Carex lutea'' (golden sedge)
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Carex specuicola ''Carex specuicola'' is a rare species of sedge known by the common name Navajo sedge. It is native to a small section of the Colorado Plateau in the United States, its distribution straddling the border between Utah and Arizona, and completely w ...
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'' Castilleja cinerea'' (ashgray Indian paintbrush)
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Castilleja grisea ''Castilleja grisea'' is a rare species of Indian paintbrush known by the common name San Clemente Island Indian paintbrush. It is endemic to San Clemente Island, one of the Channel Islands of California. San Clemente Island is owned by the US ...
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'' Castilleja levisecta'' (golden paintbrush)
'' Castilleja mollis'' (softleaf Indian paintbrush)
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Catesbaea melanocarpa ''Catesbaea melanocarpa'' is a rare species of flowering plant in the coffee family known by the common name tropical lilythorn. It is native to five Caribbean islands: Puerto Rico, St. Croix in the United States Virgin Islands, Antigua, Barbud ...
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Caulanthus californicus ''Caulanthus californicus'' is a species of flowering plant in the family Brassicaceae known by the common names California jewelflower and St. Francis cabbage. It is endemic to California, where it has been known only from the San Joaquin Valle ...
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Ceanothus ferrisiae ''Ceanothus ferrisiae'' (sometimes spelled ''ferrisae'') is a rare species of shrub in the family Rhamnaceae. Its common name is coyote ceanothus. Description ''Ceanothus ferrisiae'' grows erect to a maximum height approaching two meters. The wo ...
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Ceanothus ophiochilus ''Ceanothus ophiochilus'' is a rare species of flowering shrub known by the common name Vail Lake ceanothus, native to Southern California. It was not described until 1991. Distribution The ''Ceanothus ophiochilus'' plant is endemic to Californi ...
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Ceanothus roderickii ''Ceanothus roderickii'' is a rare species of shrub in the family Rhamnaceae known by the common name Pine Hill ceanothus. It is endemic to western El Dorado County, California, where it grows in the chaparral and woodlands of the Sierra Neva ...
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Cenchrus agrimonioides ''Cenchrus agrimonioides'' is a rare species of grass in the family Poaceae that is endemic to the Hawaiian Islands. Its common names include Kāmanomano and agrimony sandbur. It was formerly distributed throughout the major islands but today i ...
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Cercocarpus traskiae ''Cercocarpus traskiae'', known by the common names Santa Catalina Island mountain-mahogany and Catalina mahogany, is a rare species of plant in the rose family. Distribution It is endemic to Catalina Island, one of the southern Channel Islands ...
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'' Charpentiera densiflora'' (dense-flowered pāpala)
'' Chlorogalum purpureum'' (purple amole)
'' Chorizanthe howellii'' (Mendocino spineflower)
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Chorizanthe orcuttiana Chorizanthe orcuttiana is a rare small annual plant in the buckwheat family, Polygonaceae. It is known commonly as Orcutt's spineflower or the San Diego spineflower, and it is endemic to San Diego County, California. The plant is diminutive, and ...
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'' Chorizanthe robusta'' (robust spineflower)
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Chorizanthe valida ''Chorizanthe valida'' is a rare species of flowering plant in the buckwheat family known by the common name Sonoma spineflower. It is endemic to West Marin, Marin County, California, where it is known from only one remaining natural population ...
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Chrysopsis floridana ''Chrysopsis floridana'' is a rare species of flowering plant in the family Asteraceae, known by its common name, Florida golden aster. It is endemic to Florida in the United States, where it is known from Hillsborough, Hardee, Manatee, and Pi ...
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Cirsium loncholepis ''Cirsium loncholepis'' is a rare species of thistle known by the common name La Graciosa thistle. It is endemic to California, where it is known from about 15 remaining occurrences in wetlands where southwestern San Luis Obispo County borde ...
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'' Cirsium pitcheri'' (Pitcher's thistle)
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Cirsium vinaceum ''Cirsium vinaceum'' is a rare species of Cirsium, thistle known by the common name Sacramento Mountains thistle. It is Endemism, endemic to Otero County, New Mexico, Otero County, New Mexico, in the United States, where it is known only from the ...
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Clarkia franciscana ''Clarkia franciscana'' is a rare species of flowering plant in the evening primrose family known by the common name Presidio clarkia. It is endemic to the San Francisco Bay Area of California, where it is known only from two populations at the ...
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Clarkia imbricata ''Clarkia imbricata'' is a rare species of flowering plant in the evening primrose family known by the common name Vine Hill clarkia. It is endemic to Sonoma County, California, where it is known from only one remaining natural occurrence near ...
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Clarkia springvillensis ''Clarkia springvillensis'' is a rare species of flowering plant in the evening primrose family known by the common name Springville clarkia. It is endemic to central Tulare County, California, where it is known from fewer than 20 occurrences ar ...
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Clematis morefieldii ''Clematis morefieldii'' is a rare species of flowering plant in the buttercup family known by the common names Morefield's leather flower and Huntsville vasevine. It is endemic to northern Alabama and southern Tennessee, where it is known from ...
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Clematis socialis ''Clematis socialis'' is a rare species of flowering plant in the buttercup family known by the common name Alabama leather flower. It is native to the US states of Alabama and Georgia, where it is known from only five populations.USFWS''Clemat ...
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'' Clermontia drepanomorpha'' (Kohala Mountain clermontia)
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Clermontia lindseyana ''Clermontia lindseyana'' is a rare species of flowering plant in the bellflower family known by the common name hillside clermontia. It is one of several Hawaiian lobelioids in genus ''Clermontia'' that are known as ''`oha wai''. This plant is ...
'' (hillside clermontia)
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Clermontia peleana ''Clermontia peleana'' is a rare species of flowering plant in the bellflower family known by the common name Pele clermontia. It is one of several Hawaiian lobelioids in genus ''Clermontia'' that are known as ''`oha wai''. This plant is endemi ...
'' (Pele clermontia)
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Clermontia pyrularia ''Clermontia pyrularia'' is a rare species of flowering plant in the bellflower family known by the common names Hamakua clermontia and pear clermontia. It is one of several Hawaiian lobelioids in genus ''Clermontia'' that are known as ''oha wa ...
'' (pear clermontia)
'' Clermontia samuelii'' (Hana clermontia)
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Clitoria fragrans ''Clitoria fragrans'' is a rare species of flowering plant in the legume family known by the common name pigeon wings, or sweet-scented pigeon wings. It is endemic to Central Florida, where it was known most recently from 62 occurrences,
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'' Colubrina oppositifolia'' (Kauila)
'' Conradina brevifolia'' (short-leaved rosemary)
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Conradina etonia ''Conradina etonia'' is a rare species of shrub in the mint family known by the common name Etonia rosemary. It is endemic to Putnam County, Florida, where it is known from about 8 populations on Etoniah Creek State Forest containing fewer tha ...
'' (Etonia rosemary)
'' Conradina glabra'' (Apalachicola rosemary)
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Conradina verticillata ''Conradina verticillata'' is a flowering shrub in the mint family, found in the Cumberland Plateau. It is also called ''Conradina montana'', Cumberland rosemary or Cumberland false rosemary. It has been classified as a threatened species under t ...
'' (Cumberland rosemary)
'' Cordia bellonis'' (serpentine manjack)
'' Cordylanthus maritimus'' (salt marsh bird's beak)
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Cordylanthus palmatus ''Chloropyron palmatum'' (formerly ''Cordylanthus palmatus'') is an endangered species of salt-tolerant, flowering plant in the family Orobanchaceae. It is a low, highly branched herbaceous annual with each flower enclosed by a single, characteris ...
'' (palmatus bird's beak)
'' Cornutia obovata'' (palo de nigua)
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Coryphantha ramillosa ''Coryphantha ramillosa'' is a rare species of cactus known by the common names bunched cory cactus and whiskerbush. It is native to the border region between Texas in the United States and Coahuila in Mexico. Because it was believed to be rare a ...
'' (bunched cory cactus)
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Cranichis ricartii ''Cranichis ricartii'' is a rare species of orchid known by the common name Puerto Rico helmet orchid. It is native to Puerto Rico, where it is known from three locations in one forest.USFWS''Lepanthes eltoroensis'' and ''Cranichis ricartii'' ...
'' (Puerto Rico helmet orchid)
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Crotalaria avonensis ''Crotalaria avonensis'' is a rare species of flowering plant in the legume family known by the common names Avon Park rattlebox, Avon Park harebells, and Avon Park rabbit-bells. It is endemic to Central Florida in the United States, where it i ...
'' (Avon Park rattlebox)
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Cryptantha crassipes ''Cryptantha crassipes'' is a rare species of flowering plant in the borage family known by the common name Terlingua Creek cat's-eye. It is endemic to Brewster County, Texas, where it is known from only ten populations totaling about 5000 plants ...
'' (Terlingua Creek cat's-eye)
'' Cyanea acuminata'' (Honolulu cyanea)
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Cyanea asarifolia ''Cyanea asarifolia'' is a rare species of flowering plant in the bellflower family known by the common name gingerleaf cyanea. It is endemic to Kauai, where there were no more than 30 individuals in a single population as of 2005.USFWS''Cyanea ...
'' (gingerleaf cyanea)
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Cyanea copelandii ''Cyanea copelandii'' is a rare species of flowering plant in the bellflower family known by the common name treetrunk cyanea. It is endemic to Maui, where there are no more than 250 individuals remaining in the wild. It is a federally listed en ...
'' (treetrunk cyanea)
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Cyanea crispa ''Cyanea crispa'' is a rare species of flowering plant known by the common names crimped rollandia and Koolau Range rollandia. It is endemic to Oahu, where there are no more than fifty individuals remaining in the Koʻolau Range.Bruegmann, M. M. ...
'' (Koolau Range rollandia)
'' Cyanea dolichopoda'' (haha)
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Cyanea dunbariae ''Cyanea dunbariae'' (often misspelled ''dunbarii'')USFWS''Cyanea dunbariae'' Five-year Review.January 2008. is a rare species of flowering plant in the bellflower family known by the common name ravine cyanea. It is endemic to Molokai, where th ...
'' (ravine cyanea)
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Cyanea eleeleensis ''Cyanea eleeleensis'' was a rare species of flowering plant in the bellflower family known by the common name Eleele cyanea. It was endemic to Kauai, where it has been declared extinct.USFWSDetermination of endangered status for 48 species on ...
'' (Eleele cyanea)
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Cyanea glabra ''Cyanea glabra'' is a rare species of flowering plant in the family Campanulaceae known by the common name smooth cyanea. It is Endemism, endemic to Maui, where there are twelve plants remaining in the wild.Bruegmann, M. M. & V. Caraway. (2003)' ...
'' (smooth cyanea)
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Cyanea grimesiana ''Cyanea grimesiana'' is a rare species of flowering plant in the bellflower family known by the common name splitleaf cyanea. It is native to Oahu and Molokai, where it is known from 12 occurrences.Cyanea hamatiflora ''Cyanea hamatiflora'' is a rare species of flowering plant in the bellflower family known by the common name wetforest cyanea. It is endemic to Hawaii, where it is known from the islands of Maui and Hawaii, and there are probably fewer than ...
'' (wetforest cyanea)
'' Cyanea humboldtiana'' (Oahu rollandia)
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Cyanea kolekoleensis ''Cyanea kolekoleensis'' (formerly ''Delissea kolekoleensis'') is a rare species of flowering plant in the bellflower family known by the common names ''`Oha'' and Kolekole cyanea. It is endemic to Kauai where it has only been seen in the Wahia ...
'' ('oha)
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Cyanea koolauensis ''Cyanea koolauensis'' (formerly ''Rollandia angustifolia'') is a rare species of flowering plant in the bellflower family known by the common names Palolo Valley rollandia and narrowleaf rollandia. It is native to Oahu, where it is known only ...
'' (Palolo Valley rollandia)
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Cyanea kuhihewa ''Cyanea kuhihewa'' is a rare species of flowering plant in the bellflower family known by the common name Limahuli Valley cyanea. It is endemic to Kauai, where only two mature plants are known from a single wild population. Like other '' Cyane ...
'' (Limahuli Valley cyanea)
'' Cyanea lobata'' (Waihee Valley cyanea)
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Cyanea longiflora ''Cyanea longiflora'' (formerly ''Rollandia longiflora'') is a rare species of flowering plant in the bellflower family known by the common name ridge rollandia. It is endemic to Oahu where there are only three remaining occurrences in the nor ...
'' (ridge rollandia)
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Cyanea mannii ''Cyanea mannii'' is a rare species of flowering plant in the bellflower family known by the common name Mann's cyanea. It is endemic to Hawaii, where it is known only from the island of Molokai. There are 9 occurrences with fewer than 3000 plan ...
'' (Mann's cyanea)
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Cyanea mceldowneyi ''Cyanea mceldowneyi'' is a rare species of flowering plant in the Campanulaceae, bellflower family known by the common name McEldowney cyanea. It is Endemism, endemic to Hawaii, where it is known only from the island of Maui.
'' (McEldowney cyanea)
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Cyanea pinnatifida ''Cyanea pinnatifida'' is a rare species of flowering plant in the bellflower family known by the common name sharktail cyanea. It is endemic to Oahu, but it is now extinct in the wild and only exists in cultivation.Bruegmann, M. M. & V. Caraway ...
'' (sharktail cyanea)
'' Cyanea platyphylla'' (puna cyanea)
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Cyanea procera ''Cyanea procera'' is a rare species of flowering plant in the bellflower family known by the common name Molokai cyanea. It is endemic to Hawaii, where it is known only from the island of Molokai. It is a federally listed endangered species o ...
'' (Molokai cyanea)
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Cyanea recta ''Cyanea recta'' is a rare species of flowering plant in the bellflower family known by the common names upright cyanea and Kealia cyanea. It is endemic to Hawaii, where it is known only from the island of Kauai.USFWS''Cyanea recta''.The Nature ...
'' (upright cyanea)
'' Cyanea remyi'' (Remy's cyanea)
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Cyanea rivularis ''Cyanea rivularis'' (syn. '' Delissea rivularis'')USFWS''Delissea rivularis'' Five-year Review.August 2010. is a rare species of flowering plant in the bellflower family known by the common name plateau cyanea. It is endemic to Hawaii, where it ...
'' (plateau cyanea)
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Cyanea shipmanii ''Cyanea shipmanii'' is a rare species of flowering plant in the bellflower family known by the common name Shipman's cyanea. It is endemic to the island of Hawaii, where it is known only from the windward slopes of Mauna Loa and Mauna Kea.
'' (Shipman's cyanea)
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Cyanea st.-johnii ''Cyanea st.-johnii'' (formerly ''Rollandia st.-johnii'') is a rare species of flowering plant in the bellflower family known by the common name St. John's rollandia. It is endemic to Oahu, where it is known only from the Koʻolau Mountains.USF ...
'' (St. John's rollandia)
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Cyanea stictophylla ''Cyanea stictophylla'' is a rare species of flowering plant in the bellflower family known by the common name Kaiholena cyanea. It is endemic to the island of Hawaii, where it is known only from the rainforests of Mauna Loa.World Conservation ...
'' (Kaiholena cyanea)
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Cyanea superba ''Cyanea superba'' is a rare species of flowering plant in the bellflower family known by the common names Mt. Kaala cyanea and superb cyanea. It is endemic to the island of Oahu, but it is now extinct in the wild. It exists in cultivation and s ...
'' (Mt. Kaala cyanea)
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Cyanea truncata ''Cyanea truncata'' is a rare species of flowering plant in the bellflower family known by the common name Punaluu cyanea. It is endemic to the islands of Oahu and Molokai in Hawaii, but it is now critically endangered. It exists in cultivation ...
'' (Punaluu cyanea)
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Cyperus trachysanthos ''Cyperus trachysanthos'' is a rare species of sedge known by the common names ''pu`uka`a'' and sticky flatsedge. It is endemic to Hawaii, where it is known from Kauai and Oahu. It was known from Niihau, Molokai and Lanai, but it has been extir ...
'' (pu`uka`a)
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Cyrtandra crenata ''Cyrtandra crenata'' is a rare species of flowering plant belonging to the African violet family known by the common name Kahana Valley cyrtandra. It is endemic to Oahu in Hawaii, where it is known to be found only from the Koolau Mountain ...
'' (Kahana Valley cyrtandra)
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Cyrtandra cyaneoides ''Cyrtandra cyaneoides'' is a rare species of flowering plant in the Gesneriaceae, African violet family known by the common name māpele. It is Endemism, endemic to Kauaʻi in Hawaiʻi, where it is known from eleven populations containing a tota ...
'' (mapele)
'' Cyrtandra dentata'' (mountain cyrtandra)
'' Cyrtandra giffardii'' (Giffard's cyrtandra)
'' Cyrtandra munroi'' (Lanaihale cyrtandra)
'' Cyrtandra oenobarba'' (shaggystem cyrtandra)
'' Cyrtandra paliku'' (cliffside cyrtandra)
'' Cyrtandra polyantha'' (Niu Valley cyrtandra)
'' Cyrtandra subumbellata'' (parasol cyrtandra)
'' Cyrtandra tintinnabula'' (Laupahoehoe cyrtandra)
'' Cyrtandra viridiflora'' (ha`iwale)
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Dalea foliosa ''Dalea foliosa'', commonly called leafy prairie clover, is a species of flowering plant in the legume family ( Fabaceae). It is an endangered species in the United States, where it occurs in three states: Illinois, Tennessee, and Alabama.USFWS' ...
'' (leafy prairie clover)
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Daphnopsis hellerana ''Daphnopsis hellerana'' is a rare species of flowering plant in the genus ''Daphnopsis'' of the family Thymelaeaceae. It is endemic to Puerto Rico, where there were only four populations remaining in 1992, with a total of 125 individuals.USFWSRe ...
'' (no common name)
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Deinandra conjugens ''Deinandra conjugens'' (syn. ''Hemizonia conjugens'') is a rare species of flowering plant in the family Asteraceae known by the common names Otay tarplant and Otay tarweed. It is native to a small section of far northern Baja California in Mexi ...
'' (Otay tarweed)
'' Delissea rhytidosperma'' (Kauai delissea)
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Delissea subcordata ''Delissea subcordata'' is a rare species of flowering plant in the family Campanulaceae known by the common names Koʻolau Range delissea and ''oha''. It is endemic to Hawaii, where it is known only from the island of Oahu. It is now only found ...
'' (Ko'olau Range delissea)
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Delphinium bakeri ''Delphinium bakeri'', or Baker's larkspur, is a species of perennial herb in the buttercup family, Ranunculaceae. It is endemic to California in the United States, where it is a federally listed endangered species. It is known in the wild from o ...
'' (Baker's larkspur)
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Delphinium luteum ''Delphinium luteum'', known by the common name yellow larkspur, is a species of small perennial herb in the buttercup family bearing bright yellow cornucopia-shaped flowers. Endemic to the rocky, foggy hillsides of coastal Sonoma County, Califor ...
'' (yellow larkspur)
'' Dicerandra christmanii'' (Garrett's mint)
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Dicerandra cornutissima ''Dicerandra cornutissima'' is a rare species of flowering plant in the Lamiaceae, mint family known by the common name longspurred mint, longspurred balm, and Robin's mint. It is Endemism, endemic to Florida in the United States. It is found in ...
'' (longspurred mint)
'' Dicerandra frutescens'' (scrub balm)
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Dicerandra immaculata ''Dicerandra immaculata'' is a rare species of flowering plant in the mint family known by the common names Lakela's mint, Olga's mint, and spotless balm. It is endemic to Florida in the United States, where it is known only from Indian River a ...
'' (Lakela's mint)
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Diplacus vandenbergensis ''Diplacus vandenbergensis'', commonly known as the Vandenberg monkeyflower, is a species of ''Diplacus'' located in the ''Phrymaceae'' family. It grows as a small herbaceous annual plant and is native species, native to the Burton Mesa Ecologica ...
'' (Vandenberg monkeyflower)
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Dubautia herbstobatae ''Dubautia herbstobatae'', the Na'ena'e or Keaau Valley dubautia, is an endangered species of shrub which is endemic to Oahu, Hawaii. Description ''Dubautia herbstobatae'', a member of the silversword alliance, is a spreading shrub that produces ...
'' (na'ena'e)
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Dubautia kalalauensis ''Dubautia kalalauensis'' is a rare species of flowering plant in the family Asteraceae. It is endemic to Hawaii where it is known only from the island of Kauai. There is only a single known population composed of 26 plants. This member of the ...
'' (na'ena'e)
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Dubautia kenwoodii ''Dubautia kenwoodii'', the Kalalau rim dubautia, is an "extremely rare" This member of the silversword alliance was discovered growing on a cliff along the Kalalau Rim adjacent to the Kalalau Valley on Kauai. The single plant was examined and c ...
'' (na'ena'e)
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Dubautia latifolia ''Dubautia latifolia'' is a rare species of flowering plant in the family Asteraceae known by the common name koholapehu. It is endemic to Hawaii where it is known only from the west side of the island of Kauai. Like other ''Dubautia'' this pla ...
'' (koholapehu)
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Dubautia pauciflorula ''Dubautia pauciflorula'' is a rare species of flowering plant in the family Asteraceae known by the common name Wahiawa Bog dubautia. It is endemic to Hawaii where it is known only from the Wahiawa Mountains on the island of Kauai.Carr, G. D''Du ...
'' (Wahiawa bog dubautia)
'' Dubautia plantaginea'' (plantainleaf dubautia)
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Dubautia waialealae ''Dubautia waialealae'' is a rare species of flowering plant in the family Asteraceae known by the common name Wai'ale'ale dubautia. Like other ''Dubautia'' this plant is called ''na`ena`e''.USFWSSpecies Reports: Listed Plants./ref> Distribution ...
'' (Wai'ale'ale dubautia)
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Dudleya nesiotica ''Dudleya nesiotica'' is a very rare succulent plant known by the common name Santa Cruz Island liveforever. This '' Dudleya'' is endemic to Santa Cruz Island, one of the Channel Islands of California. This is a squat plant growing in mats on ...
'' (Santa Cruz Island liveforever)
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Dudleya stolonifera ''Dudleya stolonifera'' is a succulent plant known by the common name Laguna Beach liveforever or Laguna Beach dudleya. This is a rare plant which is endemic to the coastline of Orange County, California. It is known from only about six populat ...
'' (Laguna Beach liveforever)
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Dudleya traskiae ''Dudleya traskiae'' (originally spelled ''Dudleya traskae'') is a rare succulent plant known by the common name Santa Barbara Island liveforever. This ''Dudleya'' is endemic to Santa Barbara Island, one of the Channel Islands of California, whe ...
'' (Santa Barbara Island liveforever)
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Dudleya verityi ''Dudleya verityi'' is a rare species of succulent plant known by the common name Verity's liveforever. It is endemic to Ventura County, California, where it is known from only three occurrences in the vicinity of Conejo Mountain between Camarill ...
'' (Verity's liveforever)
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Echinacea laevigata ''Echinacea laevigata'', the smooth purple coneflower, is an Endangered Species Act federally listed endangered speciesUSFWS''Echinacea laevigata'' (smooth coneflower) determined to be endangered.''Federal Register'' October 8, 1992. of plant f ...
'' (smooth purple coneflower)
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Echinacea tennesseensis ''Echinacea tennesseensis'', also known as the Tennessee coneflower or Tennessee purple coneflower, is a flowering plant in the family Asteraceae, endemic to the cedar glades of the central portion of the U.S. state of Tennessee. Description '' ...
'' (Tennessee coneflower)
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Echinocactus horizonthalonius ''Echinocactus horizonthalonius'' is a species of cactus known by several common names, including devilshead, turk's head cactus, blue barrel cactus, eagle's claw,Baker, M. (2007)A multivariate study of morphological characters for ''Echinocactus ...
'' (horse maimer)
'' Echinomastus mariposensis'' (golfball cactus)
'' Eragrostis fosbergii'' (Fosberg's love grass)
'' Erigeron parishii'' (Parish's fleabane)
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Erigeron rhizomatus ''Erigeron rhizomatus'' is a rare species of flowering plant in the family Asteraceae known by the common names Zuni fleabane and rhizome fleabane. It is native to western New Mexico and eastern Arizona in the United States. It is a federally lis ...
'' (Zuni fleabane)
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Eriodictyon altissimum ''Eriodictyon altissimum'' is a rare species of flowering plant in the borage family known by the common name Indian Knob mountainbalm. It is endemic to San Luis Obispo County, California, where it is known from only about six occurrences in th ...
'' (Indian Knob mountainbalm)
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Eriodictyon capitatum ''Eriodictyon capitatum'', the Lompoc yerba santa, is a rare evergreen shrub in the borage family. It is endemic to western Santa Barbara County, in California. Distribution The plant is endemic to western Santa Barbara County, California, ...
'' (Lompoc yerba santa)
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Eriogonum apricum ''Eriogonum apricum'' is a rare species of wild buckwheat known by the common name Ione buckwheat. It is endemic to Amador County, California, in the United States. Description This is a small perennial herb growing in patches no more than 25 c ...
'' (Ione buckwheat)
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Eriogonum gypsophilum ''Eriogonum gypsophilum'' is a rare species of wild buckwheat known by the common names Seven River Hills buckwheat and gypsum wild buckwheat. It is endemic to the state of New Mexico in the United States, where it is known from only three sites ...
'' (Seven River Hills buckwheat)
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Eriogonum pelinophilum ''Eriogonum pelinophilum'' is a rare species of wild buckwheat known by the common name clay-loving wild buckwheat. It is endemic to the state of Colorado in the United States, where it is known from only two counties.USFWS''Eriogonum pelinophil ...
'' (clay-loving wild buckwheat)
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Eryngium cuneifolium ''Eryngium cuneifolium'' is a rare species of flowering plant in the carrot family known by the common names wedgeleaf eryngo, wedge-leaved button-snakeroot, and simply snakeroot. It is endemic to the state of Florida in the United States where ...
'' (wedgeleaf snakeroot)
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Erysimum menziesii ''Erysimum menziesii'' is a species of ''Erysimum'' known by the common name Menzies' wallflower. This rare plant is endemic to California. It is found only in the declining beach sand dune habitat in three areas on the California coastline, in ...
'' (Menzies' wallflower)
'' Erysimum teretifolium'' (Ben Lomond wallflower)
'' Erythronium propullans'' (Minnesota dwarf trout lily)
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Escobaria minima ''Escobaria minima'' (syn. ''Coryphantha minima'') is a rare species of cactus known by the common names Nellie cory cactus, Nellie's pincushion cactus, birdfoot cactus, and others. It is a very popular species among cactus collectors. This is on ...
'' (Nellie cory cactus)
'' Escobaria robbinsorum'' (Cochise pincushion cactus)
'' Escobaria sneedii'' (carpet foxtail cactus)
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Eugenia haematocarpa ''Eugenia haematocarpa'' is a rare species of plant in the family Myrtaceae. It is endemic to Puerto Rico. It is classified as an endangered species by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and there has been a plan for its recovery in place for som ...
'' (uvillo)
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Eugenia koolauensis ''Eugenia koolauensis'', commonly known as Koolau eugenia or ''nioi'', is a species of flowering plant in the Myrtus, myrtle family, Myrtaceae. It is Endemism, endemic to Hawaii, where it could previously be found on the islands of Molokai, Molok ...
'' (nioi)
'' Eugenia woodburyana'' (Woodbury's stopper)
'' Euphorbia deppeana'' (Oahu sandmat)
'' Euphorbia eleanoriae'' (Nā Pali sandmat)
'' Euphorbia garberi'' (Garber's spurge)
'' Euphorbia haeleeleana'' (Kauai spurge)
'' Euphorbia halemanui'' (Kauai sandmat)
'' Euphorbia herbstii'' (Herbst's sandmat)
'' Euphorbia hooveri'' (Hoover's sandmat)
'' Euphorbia kuwaleana'' (kokomalei)
'' Euphorbia rockii'' (Koolau Range sandmat)
'' Euphorbia telephioides'' (Telephus spurge)
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Eutrema penlandii ''Eutrema penlandii'' is a rare species of flowering plant in the mustard family known by the common names Penland's alpine fen mustard and Penland's eutrema. It is endemic to Colorado in the United States, where it is known only from a small str ...
'' (Penland's alpine fen mustard)
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Exocarpos luteolus ''Exocarpos luteolus'' is a rare species of flowering plant in the sandalwood family known by the common names leafy ballart or '. It is endemic to Hawaii, where it is known only from the island of Kauai.Flueggea neowawraea ''Flueggea neowawraea'', the mēhamehame, is a species of Flowering plant, flowering tree in the family (biology), family Phyllanthaceae, that is Endemism, endemic to Hawaii. It can be found in Hawaiian tropical dry forests, dry, Hawaiian trop ...
'' (mēhamehame)
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Frankenia johnstonii ''Frankenia johnstonii'' is a species of flowering plant known by the common name Johnston's seaheath, or Johnston's frankenia. It is native to southern Texas in the United States and northern Nuevo León in Mexico, where there are about 30 occur ...
'' (Johnston's seaheath)
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Fremontodendron mexicanum ''Fremontodendron mexicanum'' is a rare species of shrub in the mallow family known by the common names Mexican flannelbush, Mexican fremontia, and Southern flannelbush, that is endemic to the central Peninsular Ranges in Mexico and the United ...
'' (Mexican flannelbush)
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Fritillaria gentneri ''Fritillaria gentneri'', or Gentner's fritillary, is a rare species of flowering plant in the lily family Liliaceae, that is Endemism, endemic to southwest Oregon and adjacent Siskiyou County, California, USA. Its habitat is dry, open woodlands ...
'' (Gentner's fritillary)
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Galactia smallii ''Galactia smallii'' is a rare species of flowering plant in the legume family known by the common name Small's milkpea. It is endemic to Florida, where it is known only from a few small patches of remaining habitat in Miami-Dade County.
'' (Small's milkpea)
'' Galium buxifolium'' (box bedstraw)
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Gardenia brighamii ''Gardenia brighamii'', commonly known as nānū, nau, or forest gardenia, is a species of flowering plant in the coffee family, Rubiaceae, that is endemic to Hawaii. Description ''Gardenia brighamii'' is a small tree, reaching a height of . Th ...
'' (nānū)
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Gardenia mannii ''Gardenia mannii'', the nānū, Oahu gardenia or Mann's gardenia, is a species of flowering tree in the coffee family, Rubiaceae, that is endemic to the island of Oahu in Hawaii. It inhabits coastal mesic, mixed mesic, and wet forests at ele ...
'' (nānū)
'' Geocarpon minimum'' (tinytim)
'' Geranium arboreum'' (Hawaiian red-flowered geranium)
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Geranium kauaiense ''Geranium kauaiense'' is a rare species of geranium known by the common name Kauai geranium. It is endemic to Hawaii, where it is known only from the island of Kauai.Geranium multiflorum ''Geranium multiflorum'' is a rare species of geranium known by the common names manyflower geranium, or manyflowered cranesbill. It is endemic to Hawaii, where it is known only from Haleakalā, the main volcano on the island of Maui.
'' (manyflowered cranesbill)
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Gesneria pauciflora ''Gesneria pauciflora'' is a rare species of flowering plant in the family Gesneriaceae known by the common name ''yerba maricao de cueva''. It is endemic to Puerto Rico, where there are only three populations remaining.USFWSRecovery Plan for ''G ...
'' (yerba maricao de cueva)
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Geum radiatum ''Geum radiatum'' is a rare species of flowering plant in the rose family known by the common names spreading avens, Appalachian avens, and cliff avens. It is native to the region of the border between Tennessee and North Carolina in the southeas ...
'' (spreading avens)
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Goetzea elegans ''Goetzea elegans'', (also called beautiful goetzea, mata buey, or matabuey, (EDIT: the matabuey is a venomous snake in Central American. This plant is the Matapalo.) is a species of plant in the Solanaceae or nightshade family of flowering plant ...
'' (matabuey)
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Gouania hillebrandii ''Gouania hillebrandii'', also known as hairyfruit chewstick, is an endangered species of ''Gouania'' that is endemic to Hawaii. It formerly could be found on Maui, Molokai, Lānai and Kahoolawe, but is today restricted to western Maui near La ...
'' (hairyfruit chewstick)
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Gouania meyenii ''Gouania meyenii'' is a rare species of flowering plant known by the common name smoothfruit chewstick. It is endemic to Hawaii, where it is known only from Oahu and Kauai.Gouania vitifolia ''Gouania vitifolia'', also known as gray Oahu chewstick, is a critically endangered flowering plant in the buckthorn family, Rhamnaceae that is endemic to Hawaii. There are less than 50 known remaining plants, many of which are believed to have ...
'' (Oahu chewstick)
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Gratiola amphiantha ''Gratiola amphiantha'' is a rare species of flowering plant known by the common names little amphianthus, pool sprite and snorkelwort. It was previously the only species in the monotypic genus ''Amphianthus'', but it was moved to genus ''Gratiol ...
'' (pool sprite)
'' Grindelia fraxino-pratensis'' (Ash Meadows gumplant)
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Hackelia venusta ''Hackelia venusta'' is a rare species of flowering plant in the Boraginaceae, borage family known by the common name showy stickseed, or lesser showy stickseed. It is Endemism, endemic to Washington (state), Washington state in the United States ...
'' (showy stickseed)
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Halophila johnsonii ''Halophila johnsonii'', or Johnson's seagrass, is a small, asexual seagrass in the family Hydrocharitaceae (the "tape-grasses"). It occurs only on the southeastern coast of Florida, and was the first marine plant listed on the United States ...
'' (Johnson's seagrass)
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Haplostachys haplostachya ''Haplostachys haplostachya'' is a rare species of flowering plant in the mint family known by the common names ''honohono'' or Hawaiian mint. It is endemic to Hawaii, where it is now limited to the island of Hawaii and has been extirpated from ...
'' (honohono)
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Harperocallis flava ''Harperocallis flava'', known by the common name Harper's beauty, is a species endemic to parts of Florida in the United States, where it is known mainly from the Apalachicola National Forest in the Panhandle. It is seriously endangered and ha ...
'' (Harper's beauty)
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Harrisia fragrans ''Harrisia fragrans'' is a rare species of cactus known by the common name fragrant prickly apple. It is endemic to Florida, where it is known only from St. Lucie County. The plant's habitat has been almost completely consumed by development, lea ...
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Harrisia portoricensis ''Harrisia portoricensis'' is a species of cactus in the genus '' Harrisia''. Its common names include ''higo chumbo'' and Puerto Rico applecactus. Distribution It is endemic to Puerto Rico, where it is known from three smaller islands off the c ...
'' (higo chumbo)
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Hedeoma todsenii ''Hedeoma todsenii'' is a rare species of flowering plant in the family Lamiaceae known by the common name Todsen's pennyroyal, or Todsen's false pennyroyal. It is endemic to New Mexico in the United States, where it occurs in the San Andres a ...
'' (Todsen's pennyroyal)
'' Juglans cinerea'' (butternut tree)
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Kadua cookiana ''Kadua cookiana'' (formerly ''Hedyotis cookiana'') is a rare species of flowering plant in the coffee family known by the common names awiwi'' and Cook's bluet. It is endemic to Hawaii, where it is known only from Kauai, having been extirpated ...
'' (Cook's bluet)
'' Kadua cordata'' (kopa)
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Kadua coriacea ''Kadua coriacea'' (formerly ''Hedyotis coriacea'') is a rare species of flowering plant in the coffee family known by the common name ''kioele''. It is endemic to Hawaii, where it is known only from the island of Hawaii and one individual remai ...
'' ('kio'ele)
'' Kadua degeneri'' (Waianae Range starviolet)
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Kadua laxiflora ''Kadua laxiflora'' (formerly ''Hedyotis mannii'') is a rare species of flowering plant in the coffee family known by the common names Mann's bluet and Hawaiian pilo. It is endemic to Hawaii, where it is known from Molokai, Lanai, and Maui. It ...
'' (pilo)
'' Kadua parvula'' (rockface starviolet)
'' Kadua st.-johnii'' (Nā Pali beach starviolet)
'' Helenium virginicum'' (Virginia sneezeweed)
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Mahonia nevinii ''Berberis nevinii'' (syn. ''Mahonia nevinii, Odostemon nevinii''), known by the common name Nevin's barberry, is a species of flowering shrub in the barberry family. This plant is endemic to southern California, where it is known from very few ...
'' (Nevin's barberry)
'' Minuartia cumberlandensis'' (Cumberland sandwort)
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Pedicularis furbishiae ''Pedicularis furbishiae'', or Furbish's lousewort, is a perennial herb found only on the shores of the upper Saint John River in Maine and New Brunswick. Furbish's lousewort was first recognized as a new species by Maine naturalist and botanic ...
'' (Furbish's lousewort) ''
Schenkia sebaeoides ''Schenkia sebaeoides'', known as Āwiwi in Hawaiian language, Hawaiian and lavaslope centaury in English language, English, is a rare species of flowering plant. It is Endemism, endemic to Hawaiian tropical low shrublands, low shrublands in the ...
'' (lavaslope centaury)
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Zeltnera namophila ''Zeltnera namatophila'', the spring-loving centaury, is a rare species of flowering plant in the gentian family. It is endemic to the Amargosa Valley, in Nye County, southwestern Nevada. Distribution The plant is endemic to Ash Meadows, in th ...
'' (spring-loving centaury)


See also

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References


U.S. Endangered Species List: Flora—plants



Electronic Code of Federal Regulations: "List of endangered species"
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