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A rare plant with a taste for toxic soil is getting some help from unexpected allies with green fingers

Summary by Botany One
Scientists have published some good news. The population of an endangered Czech flower, Minuartia smejkalii, went from just 434 individuals in Czechia to over 2,600 plants six years later. Who were the conservation heroes? Czech gardeners. The technique could be used to save plants elsewhere. Minuartia smejkalii / Sabulina verna in Austria by epsilon / iNaturalist. CC-BY Minuartia smejkalii might not look much to the average gardener. It’s a sho…
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Botany One broke the news in on Thursday, July 17, 2025.
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