Explore Endangered Plants

Click on the illustrations below to learn more about these endangered plant species, view larger illustrations, see real specimens from the Museum’s herbarium collection, and learn more about the professional botanical artists that illustrated each plant.

= Contains specimen from the museum's collection.

Wollemi pine Wollemia nobilis	Ring gentian Symnolanthus jasonii	Marsh gentian Gentiana pneumonanthe	Cyprus tulip Tulipa cypria
Magenta lilly pilly Syzgium Paniculatum	Negev iris Iris mariae	Painted trillium Trillium undulatum	Fuzzywuzzy airplant Tillandsia pruinosa
Moss Itatiella ulei	Blue latan palm Latania loddegesii	Green ixia Ixia viridiflora	Golden barrel cactus Echinocactus grusonii
Tupa rosada Lobelia bridgesii	Santa Cruz cyprus Cupressus abramsiana	Large yellow lady’s slipper Cypripedium parviflorum var. makasin	Dwarf bear-claw poppy Arctomecon humilis
Yellow pitcher plant Sarracenia flava	Wood lily Lilium philadelphicum var. philadelphicum	Goldenseal Hydrastis canadensis	Hibiscus Hibiscadelphus distans, Hibiscus brackenridgei, H. kokio ssp. saintjohnianus, H. clayi
Stenogyne Stenogyne kauaulaensis	Bog asphodel Narthecium americanum	Heath Erica verticillata	Royal catchfly Silene regia
Bowl flower Cypripedium japonicum	Moccasin flower Cypripedium acaule	Ghost orchid Dendrophylax lindenii	Atamasco lily Zephyranthes atamasca
Louisiana quillwort Isoetes louisianensis	Lakeside daisy Tetraneuris herbacea	Pima pineapple cactus Coryphantha robustispina ssp. robustispina	Orchid Lycaste macrophylla
Slipper orchid Phragmipedium kovachii	Pitcher's thistle Cirsium pitcheri	Glade mallow Napaea dioica	Longolongo Cycas seemannii
Iris Iris winogradowii	Large witch-alder Fothergilla major	Hawai'i tree cotton Kokia drynarioides	Cyperus-like sedge Carex pseudo-cyperus
Begonia Begonia samhaensis	Small whorled pogonia Isotria medeoloides	Mortoniodendron Mortoniodendron uxpanapense	Slipper orchid Paphiopedilum vietnamense

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