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Extinct Wildflower Found In California

Posted by CowboyNeal on from the welcome-back dept.

Del writes "A Berkeley graduate student found the pink wildflower Eriogonom truncatum, known as the Mount Diablo buckwheat. The flower hasn't been seen for 70 years and has been rediscovered on the flanks of Mount Diablo in Contra Costa County."

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  1. Re:He found a *flower* by Reene · · Score: 5, Insightful

    So what, botany nerds/geeks don't count?

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