Rare Plant Conservation Endowment
Rare plants account for nearly 15% of the state’s 2,864 native species, many of which can only be found in Florida. Some species have declined due to a long history of negative human impacts, while other species are rare due to biological constraints. Donate to our endowment to fund surveys, outplanting, reintroductions trials, and studies that help understand and improve knowledge of species biology, current distribution, and their present endangerment. Several important conservation projects are already underway, including the augmentation and introduction of Ziziphus celata; propagation, introduction, and habitat management of Torreya taxifolia; and reintroduction of Jacquemontia reclinata.
Here is the list of rare, threatened, and endangered plants eligible for protection via the endowment:
Common Name (Standard) | Scientific name | Listing Status |
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Florida golden aster | Chrysopsis floridana | E |
Britton's beargrass | Nolina brittoniana | E |
Brooksville bellflower | Campanula robinsiae | E |
Florida bonamia | Bonamia grandiflora | T |
Scrub buckwheat | Eriogonum longifolium var gnaphalifolium | T |
Scrub lupine | Lupinus aridorum | E |
Longspurred mint | Dicerandra cornutissima | E |
Rugel's pawpaw | Deeringothamus rugelii | E |
Scrub plum | Prunus geniculata | E |
Etonia rosemary | Conradina etonia | E |
Wide-leaf warea | Warea amplexifolia | E |
Cooley's water-willow | Justicia cooleyi | E |
Miccosukee gooseberry | Ribes echinellum | T |
Telephus spurge | Euphorbia telephioides | T |
Harper's beauty | Harperocallis flava | E |
Apalachicola rosemary | Conradina glabra | E |
White birds-in-a-nest | Macbridea alba | T |
Godfrey's butterwort | Pinguicula ionantha | T |
Gentian pinkroot | Spigelia gentianoides | E |
Chapman rhododendron | Rhododendron chapmanii | E |
Florida skullcap | Scutellaria floridana | T |
Scrub blaszingstar | Liatris ohlingerae | E |
Florida brickell-bush | Brickellia mosieri | E |
Florida semaphore cactus | Consolea corallicola | E |
Key tree cactus | Pilosocereus robinii | E |
Carter's small-flowered flax | Linum carteri carteri | E |
Sand flax | Linum arenicola | E |
Pygmy fringe-tree | Chionanthus pygmaeus | E |
Okeechobee gourd | Cucurbita okeechobeensis ssp. okeechobeensis | E |
Avon Park harebells | Crotalaria avonensis | E |
Highlands scrub hypericum | Hypericum cumulicola | E |
Beach jacquemontia | Jacquemontia reclinata | E |
Crenulate lead-plant | Amorpha crenulata | E |
Small's milkpea | Galactia smallii | E |
Garrett's mint | Dicerandra christmanii | E |
Lakela's mint | Dicerandra immaculata | E |
Scrub mint | Dicerandra frutescens | E |
Carter's mustard | Warea carteri | E |
Beautiful oawoaw | Deeringothamnus pulchellus | E |
Four-petal pawpaw | Asimina tetramera | E |
Big Pine partridge pea | Chamaecrista lineata keyensis | E |
Pigeon wings | Clitoria fragrans | T |
Lewton's polygala | Polygala lewtonii | E |
Tny polygala | Polygala smallii | E |
Aboriginal prickly-apple | Harrisia (=Cereus) aboriginum (=gracilis) | E |
Fragrant prickly-apple | Cereus eriophorus var. fragrans | E |
Short-leaved rosemary | Conradina brevifolia | E |
Sandlace | Polygonella myriophylla | E |
Blodgett's silverbush | Argythamnia blodgettii | T |
Snakeroot | Eryngium cuneifolium | E |
Deltoid spurge | Chamaesyce deltoidea ssp. deltoidea | E |
Garber's spurge | Chamaesyce garberi | T |
Wedge spurge | Chamaesyce deltoidea serpyllum | E |
Cape Sable thoroughwort | Chromolaena frustrata | E |
Papery whitlow-wort | Paronychia chartacea | T |
Wireweed | Polygonella basiramia | E |
Florida ziziphus | Ziziphus celata | E |