Minnette Marr and volunteer Karen Landridge pot poppy mallow

http://www.wildflower.org/ - Texas poppy-mallow can have tap roots that reach several feet into the Tivoli sand they favor to access water. During a June rescue mission where 54 plants were transported to the Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center for preservation and restoration efforts, a few plants like the one in the video had short enough roots to be potted up at the Ballinger site they originated from.

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• Texas poppy-mallow
• endangered plant
• rare plant
• plant rescue