"Texas Wild Rice" - the elusive Texas merplant 🌾🌊🧜♂️
Apparently Sept. 22 - 29 is Crop Wild Relatives week! I never knew! How cool to learn about the wild side of crop families. 🌾🌾🌾 #cropwildrelativeweek
For those who may not know Zizania texana (Texas Wild Rice) is a Texas endemic- meaning it grows NOWHERE ELSE IN THE WORLD. [It actually grows only in ONE river, within ONE county - and no where else! 🌎]
💚 Please enjoy my merfolk plantsona for Zizania texana - a zanny aquatic. What other Texas endemics of endangered plants would you like to see personified?
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Botanical Research Institute (Give their post a like like 👍!) 🌱 Why Wild Crop Wild Relative Week? 🌱 Texas Wild Rice (the rare Texas mermaid)
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