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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. Guess its not by apathyonline · · Score: 0, Redundant

    Guess its not extinct now, is it. :)

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  2. Extinct? by GraemeDonaldson · · Score: 0, Redundant

    How can it be extinct if they found it growing there?

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  3. Re:Monty Python and the Mount Diablo Buckwheat by kfg · · Score: 0, Redundant

    Maybe it was just pinin' for the fjords.

    KFG