QUICK FACT: Declared extinct in the wild in 2010, rediscovered in 2023, it grows on mud.

THREATS: Mining, farm conversion, low awareness, and potential plant collection pressures.

IMPORTANCE: An irreplaceable local specialist, this Evolutionary Distinct and Globally Endangered (EDGE) species is confined to warm spring pools.

Photo credit: Thomas Abeli

QUICK FACT: Declared extinct in the wild in 2010, rediscovered in 2023, it grows on mud.

THREATS: Mining, farm conversion, low awareness, and potential plant collection pressures.

IMPORTANCE: An irreplaceable local specialist, this Evolutionary Distinct and Globally Endangered (EDGE) species is confined to warm spring pools.

Photo credit: Thomas Abeli