A legendary tropical plant rose to fame during the houseplant boom, revealing how rarity, demand, and science can transform botanical status over time.

It was 2006 and Ismail Ebrahim, a botanist with the South African National Biodiversity Institute (SANBI), was worried. While surveying one of the last remaining patches of renosterveld shrubland in ...

At the base of mossy trees, deep in the mountains of Taiwan and mainland Japan or nestled in the subtropical forests of Okinawa, grows what most might mistake for a mushroom—but it is actually a very ...

A new website, kapalupaluokanaloa.org, was created to tell the amazing story of the Ka Palupalu o Kanaloa plant and help promote conservation efforts. Photo courtesy National Tropical Botanical Garden ...

Ten million is a nice round number — all those lovely zeros! It seems like a huge number, too, but in some contexts it really isn’t. Consider the Native Plant Trust, the unusual Massachusetts ...

Hidden in the wet, shady woods of northwest New Jersey blooms a remarkable and rare plant – Yellow Hammond’s Spring Beauty. Found nowhere else on Earth, it’s just one example of the many plants that ...

You can help survey rare plants around the state of Wisconsin. The DNR is looking for volunteers to conduct surveys. Training is available online and in-person. MADISON, Wis. - The Wisconsin ...

Working with South African daisies, Colombian magnolias and Philippine coffee trees, botanists the world over are discovering the secrets to bringing extremely rare and threatened plants back from the ...