Plants > Caryophyllales
The Gibraltar Campion (Silene tomentosa) is one of the most celebrated ‘Lazarus species’ in the botanical world. Native exclusively to the towering limestone precipices of the Rock of Gibraltar, it was believed to have gone entirely extinct by 1992 after...
Plants > Trees & Shrubs
The Mountain Camellia (Stewartia ovata) is universally acclaimed as one of the most exquisitely beautiful native flowering trees in North America. Endemic to the cool, shaded coves of the southern Appalachian Mountains, this rare tea family member is famous for its...
Plants > Trees & Shrubs
The Two-winged Silverbell (Halesia diptera) is an enchanting, graceful deciduous understory tree native to the damp river bottoms and shaded ravines of the American South. In early spring, before its leaves fully unfold, this lovely woodland native covers its drooping...
Plants > Ericales
The Jellyfish Tree (Medusagyne oppositifolia) is an enigmatic botanical living fossil and the sole member of its evolutionary lineage, native only to the mist-covered granite summits of Mahé in the Seychelles. Thought to have vanished into extinction during the early...
Plants > Orchids
The Showy Lady’s Slipper (Cypripedium reginae), celebrated as the state flower of Minnesota and universally regarded as the queen of North American orchids, is a monumental terrestrial orchid native to the pristine calcareous wetlands of the north woods....
