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Peters Mountain mallow, or Iliamna corei, is a type of flower which can be found on the rare plants list as one of the most endangered species in the United States. Peters Mountain mallow can only be found in Peters mountain, in Giles County, VA, and it is given the name by where it is located.
As a mallow, Peters Mountain mallow is almost the same as the usual mallow, especially Iliamna remota, another endangered mallow found in Langham Island, Illinois, but scientists still consider them differently since they are genetically varied. A Peters Mountain mallow flower has five pinkish white petal, 15-20 of which can be bloomed for each individual plant.
Peters Mountain mallow was discovered in 1927, when they found only 50 plants in the region. The number has decreased to 3 in 1992 due to different sorts of threats including other plants who either shrink the living space or block it from getting nutritions, and damages from animals like deers and goats. Also, it takes a Peters Mountain mallow seed six years to grow to bloom, which makes it extremely har to reproduce themselves.
However, as Peters Mountain mallow was categorized as an endangered species, people start to protect this rare plants. They preserved the seeds from the flower, an even set up fence to keep Peters Mountain mallow from animal attacks. It must be maintained in a good condition now.
I feel surprised having read that there was such a special rare flower in Virginia. If people can know the endangered species more, the biologists might pay more attention to protect more species since people cares about them. Peters mountain is a lucky plant that it was at least got preserved when it only had 3 of the plant in the mountain space. Biological diversity will, for sure, keep the natrue in a beautiful way.
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