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Wildflower Thought Extinct Rediscovered in Calif.

by Elizabeth Arnold

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The Mount Diablo buckwheat (Eriogonom truncatum), last seen in 1936 and presumed extinct.

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Mount Diablo buckwheat

The Mount Diablo buckwheat (Eriogonom truncatum), last seen in 1936 and presumed extinct.

Scott Hein/Save Mount Diablo

Naturalists have rediscovered a tiny, pink wildflower that had been considered extinct for nearly 70 years. A Mount Diablo buckwheat flower was recently found by a University of California graduate student in a California state park.

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