Save a Species Walk is an event in

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in Australia focused on preservation of rare and endangered plants. Each event includes nominating specific plants. It involves a walk to raise money for seeds to be prepared and stored at the Australian PlantBank at the Australian Botanic Garden, Mount Annan.

Plants by year

The plants identified below are from the Royal Botanic Garden website

2014

* needle-leaved geebung ''

Persoonia acerosa ''Persoonia acerosa'', commonly known as needle geebung, is a species of flowering plant in the family Proteaceae and is endemic to a restricted area of New South Wales. It is a shrub with small, channelled, needle-like leaves, yellow tubular f ...

'' * glandular pink-bell ''

Tetratheca glandulosa ''Tetratheca glandulosa'' is a spreading shrub in the family Elaeocarpaceae. It is endemic to New South Wales. Description Its leaves are alternate or opposite or rarely in whorls of three or four. They are linear and 3–20 mm long by 1–2 ...

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Olearia cordata ''Olearia cordata'' is an aromatic slender shrub with mostly mauve to dark blue daisy-like flowers endemic to New South Wales. Flowers appear in clusters at the end of branches, leaves are narrow and heart-shaped near the base. Description ''Ol ...

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Zieria involucrata ''Zieria involucrata'' is a plant in the citrus family Rutaceae and is endemic to New South Wales. It is a sparse, erect shrub with mostly three-part leaves and groups of up to 21 small white flowers, the groups shorter than the leaves. It mostl ...

2015

* thick leaf star hair ''

Astrotricha crassifolia ''Astrotricha'' are shrubs of the family Araliaceae. There are approximately 20 species: *''Astrotricha asperifolia'' F.Muell. ex Klatt *'' Astrotricha biddulphiana'' F.Muell. *'' Astrotricha brachyandra'' A.R.Bean *'' Astrotricha cordata '' ...

'' * Budawangs cliff heath '' Budawangia gnidioides'' * white flowered wax plant ''

Cynanchum elegans ''Cynanchum elegans'', the white-flowered wax plant, is a plant species in the genus ''Cynanchum'' found in New South Wales in Australia. It is a threatened species. It was first described by George Bentham in 1868 as ''Vincetoxicum elegans'', f ...

'' * buttercup doubletail orchid ''

Diuris aequalis ''Diuris aequalis'', commonly called the buttercup doubletail, is a species of orchid which is endemic to New South Wales. It has two rolled leaves and spikes of two to five golden-yellow to orange flowers and is classified as "vulnerable". Des ...

'' * sparse heath ''

Epacris sparsa ''Epacris sparsa'', is a small upright shrub with creamy-white flowers, elliptic to egg-shaped leaves and reddish new growth. It is endemic to New South Wales with a restricted distribution. Description ''Epacris sparsa'' is an upright shrub h ...

'' * Fletchers drumsticks ''

Isopogon fletcheri ''Isopogon fletcheri'', commonly known as Fletcher's drumsticks, is a species of flowering plant in the family Proteaceae and is endemic to a restricted area in the Blue Mountains of New South Wales. It is a bushy shrub with narrow egg-shaped ...

'' * Evans sedge ''

Lepidosperma evansianum ''Lepidosperma'' is a genus of flowering plant of the family Cyperaceae. Most of the species are endemic to Australia, with others native to southern China, southeast Asia, New Guinea, New Caledonia and New Zealand. Species Species include: Abb ...

'' * Woronora beard heath '' Leucopogon exolasius'' * dwarf mountain pine ''

Pherosphaera fitzgeraldii ''Pherosphaera fitzgeraldii'', commonly known as the Blue Mountains pine or dwarf mountain pine is a species of conifer in the family Podocarpaceae. It is found only in New South Wales, Australia. The entire natural habitat is in the Blue Mountai ...

'' * velvet zieria ''

Zieria murphyi ''Zieria murphyi'', commonly known as Murphy's zieria, is a plant in the citrus family Rutaceae and endemic to New South Wales. It is a slender shrub with simple, or three-part leaves and between three and nine white to pale pink flowers with ...

'' * black hooded sun orchid ''

Thelymitra atronitida ''Thelymitra atronitida'', commonly called the black-hooded orchid, is a species of orchid that is endemic to south-eastern Australia. It has a single erect, leathery, leaf and up to eight moderately dark blue, self-pollinating flowers that only ...

'' * villous mint bush '' Prostanthera densa'' * '' Euphrasia bowdeniae'' * ''Grevillea parviflora'' subsp. ''supplicans'' * ''Hibbertia stricta'' subsp. ''furcatula''

2016

* narrow-leaved bertya ''

Bertya ingramii ''Bertya ingramii'', commonly known as the narrow-leaved bertya, is a shrub native to eastern Australia. It was one of eleven species selected for the Save a Species Walk campaign in April 2016; scientists walked 300 km to raise money for ...

'' * four-tailed grevillea ''

Grevillea quadricauda ''Grevillea quadricauda'', commonly known as four-tailed grevillea, is a species of flowering plant in the family Proteaceae and is endemic to eastern Australia. It is an erect, dense, bushy shrub with narrowly egg-shaped to elliptic leaves and ...

'' * bordered guinea flower ''

Hibbertia marginata ''Hibbertia marginata'', commonly known as bordered guinea flower, is a species of flowering plant in the family Dilleniaceae and is endemic to the North Coast of New South Wales. It is a spreading shrub with hairy young branches, oblong to la ...

'' * Dorrigo waratah '' Alloxylon pinnatum'' * tall knotweed '' Persicaria elatior'' * Moonee Quassia ''Quassia'' sp. Mooney Creek * trailing monotoca ''

Monotoca rotundifolia ''Monotoca'' is a genus of about 17 species of shrubs in the family Ericaceae. The genus is endemic to Australia. Species include: *'' Monotoca billawinica'' Albr. *''Monotoca elliptica'' (Sm.) R.Br. – tree broom heath *'' Monotoca empet ...

'' * creeping hop-bush '' Dodonaea procumbens'' * Suggan Buggan mallee ''

Eucalyptus saxatilis ''Eucalyptus saxatilis'', commonly known as the Suggan Buggan mallee or Mount Wheeler mallee, is a species of mallee or small tree that is endemic to southeastern Australia. It has smooth bark that is shed in ribbons, lance-shaped to curved ad ...

'' * Bega wattle ''

Acacia georgensis ''Acacia georgensis'', commonly known as Bega wattle or Dr George Mountain wattle, is a species of ''Acacia'' native to southeastern Australia. It was one of eleven species selected for the Save a Species Walk campaign in April 2016 when scienti ...

'' * musty leek orchid '' Prasophyllum pallens''

Notes

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