The plant was first spotted near a popular picnic site within a forest. But subsequent surveys have found fewer than 20 ...

Middlemist's Red camellia growing in a garden - Pridannikov/Getty Images Camellia japonica 'Middlemist's Red' is one of the rarest flowering plants in the world. It was first collected from China in ...

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

Rare plants are no longer the secret obsession of eccentric collectors hidden away in greenhouses. Today, the fascination ...

Conservationists in Somerset are attempting to save one of the UK's rarest plants from the brink of extinction. The starved wood-sedge (also known as Carex depauperate) is only found in two sites ...

At the summit of Mount Whitney, 14,505 feet, there’s a big sphere of purple-blue flowers with an intense, musky smell. It’s found nowhere else on earth. Nobody can drive to see it. It requires time ...

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 ...

Britain’s biodiversity continues to decline at an alarming rate, but environmentalists say there are reasons to be cheerful ...

UBC Okanagan researchers have uncovered how plants create mitraphylline, a rare natural compound linked to anti-cancer ...

If you're an avid houseplant fan, your shelves may already be overflowing with greenery, but if you should always make room ...

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 ...