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Threatened Plants and algae

Species 1 - 36 of 36

Sage (Salvia sprucei)
Information on Salvia sprucei is currently being researched and written and will appear here... More	1 Image	0 Videos

Sandspurry (Spergularia azorica)
Species information on Spergularia azorica is currently being researched and written and will appear here... More	4 Images	0 Videos

Sandwort (Arenaria bolosii)
ARKive is supporting the IUCN Species Survival Commission's Top 50 Plants Campaign. The aim of this campaign is to help save plant... More	1 Image	0 Videos

Sandwort (Minuartia dirphya)
ARKive is supporting the IUCN Species Survival Commission's Top 50 Plants Campaign. The aim of this campaign is to help save plant... More	4 Images	0 Videos

Sanguinho (Frangula azorica)
A small tree with simple leaves arranged alternately, the sanguinho lacks the spines that are characteristic of the buckthorn... More	6 Images	0 Videos

Sapele (Entandrophragma cylindricum)
This tall, straight African tree holds incredible value; ecologically, commercially, and even medicinally. The sapele is a member... More	1 Image	0 Videos

Sardinian currant (Ribes sardoum)
ARKive is supporting the IUCN Species Survival Commission's Top 50 Plants Campaign. The aim of this campaign is to help save plant... More	2 Images	0 Videos

Schefflera (Schefflera procumbens)
Found entwined with trees in forests, which it uses for support, Schefflera procumbens is a rare epiphyte with grey bark. Each leaf... More	1 Image	0 Videos

Sea marigold (Calendula maritima)
ARKive is supporting the IUCN Species Survival Commission's Top 50 Plants Campaign. The aim of this campaign is to help save plant... More	3 Images	0 Videos

Sea spider iris (Ferraria crispa)
The sea spider iris is distinctive for the unusual flowers it bears and the acrid scent of rotting flesh it emits. The brown... More	4 Images	0 Videos

Seychelles pepper (Piper seychellarum)
Information on the Seychelles pepper is currently being researched and written and will appear here... More	2 Images	0 Videos

Showy lampranthus (Lampranthus amoenus)
All Lampranthus species are large and colourful plants, but the common name of this species hints that it is particularly striking.... More	1 Image	0 Videos

Shuttlecock sugarbush (Protea aurea)
The Protea family is South Africa's best known plant family, and contains an incredible diversity of flowering plants, from low... More	14 Images	1 Video

Sicilian fir (Abies nebrodensis)
This tall evergreen tree is known only from a single location. It has the characteristic fir tree shape, with a tall straight trunk... More	6 Images	0 Videos

Silene vellutata delle Eolie (Silene hicesiae)
ARKive is supporting the IUCN Species Survival Commission's Top 50 Plants Campaign. The aim of this campaign is to help save plant... More	2 Images	0 Videos

Silver tree (Leucadendron argenteum)
This beautiful tree grows on the slopes of Table Mountain, South Africa, and gets its name from its curious silver sheen, caused... More	5 Images	0 Videos

Slipper orchid (Cypripedium formosanum)
The slipper orchids, which comprise around 150 species from five genera, are easily distinguished from other orchids by the... More	2 Images	0 Videos

Slipper orchid (Cypripedium lentiginosum)
This slipper orchid was only discovered as recently as 1998 on an expedition to China. It is a striking terrestrial herb with large... More	1 Image	0 Videos

Slipper orchid (Paphiopedilum barbatum)
The scientific name of this particularly handsome orchid is very appropriate; pedilon is the Greek word for slipper and Paphos... More	1 Image	0 Videos

Slipper orchid (Paphiopedilum hennisianum)
Slipper orchids are named for their beautiful and peculiar slipper- or shoe-like flowers. The flowers of Paphiopedilum hennisianum... More	6 Images	0 Videos

Snowdrop (Galanthus krasnovii)
Galanthus krasnovii is an extremely rare species of snowdrop. Like all members of the genus it is a perennial plant that survives... More	3 Images	0 Videos

Soapwort (Saponaria jagelii)
ARKive is supporting the IUCN Species Survival Commission's Top 50 Plants Campaign. The aim of this campaign is to help save plant... More	1 Image	0 Videos

Soccarrell bord (Femeniasia balearica)
ARKive is supporting the IUCN Species Survival Commission's Top 50 Plants Campaign. The aim of this campaign is to help save plant... More	2 Images	0 Videos

Sparviere di Monte Gallo (Hieracium lucidum)
ARKive is supporting the IUCN Species Survival Commission's Top 50 Plants Campaign. The aim of this campaign is to help save plant... More	2 Images	0 Videos

Spring Creek bladderpod (Lesquerella perforata)
Bladderpods (Lesquerella) earn their unusual name for the inflated, rounded shape of their fruits, or pods. The fruit of the Spring... More	5 Images	0 Videos

St Helena boxwood (Mellissia begonifolia)
The St Helena boxwood is yet another of the endemic flora of this remote island that is teetering on the brink of extinction. This... More	9 Images	0 Videos

St Helena ebony (Trochetiopsis ebenus)
Only two individuals of this small tree still survive in the wild. Previously, the trees reached up to five metres tall but... More	3 Images	0 Videos

St Helena gumwood (Commidendrum robustum)
Adopted as the national tree of St Helena in 1977, this highly branched tree has a knarled and crooked trunk and an umbrella-like... More	1 Image	0 Videos

St Helena olive (Nesiota elliptica)
In 2002, the St Helena olive had been lost from the wild and persisted only precariously, as one cultivated individual, but since... More	3 Images	0 Videos

Stachytarpheta (Stachytarpheta sellowiana)
Stachytarpheta sellowiana is a short shrub. The leaves are arranged at the upper portions of the stems, which are covered with... More	3 Images	0 Videos

Star cactus (Astrophytum asterias)
This small, round cactus is low-domed and spineless, resembling a dead, spineless sea urchin in appearance. The disc-shaped body... More	3 Images	0 Videos

Statice à rameaux raides (Limonium strictissimum)
ARKive is supporting the IUCN Species Survival Commission's Top 50 Plants Campaign. The aim of this campaign is to help save plant... More	1 Image	0 Videos

Stokoe's bush iris (Nivenia stokoei)
Stokoe's bush iris is an evergreen shrub, noted for its clusters of striking blue flowers. The sword-shaped leaves, measuring... More	17 Images	0 Videos

Stonecress (Aethionema retsina)
ARKive is supporting the IUCN Species Survival Commission's Top 50 Plants Campaign. The aim of this campaign is to help save plant... More	1 Image	0 Videos

Suarez baobab (Adansonia suarezensis)
The bizarre and impressive baobabs are instantly recognisable with their massive, smooth trunks and compact, almost comical crowns... More	3 Images	0 Videos

Sucre tillandsia (Tillandsia sucrei)
Information on the sucre tillandsia is currently being researched and written and will appear here... More	1 Image	0 Videos

Species 1 - 36 of 36

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