Plant Collection

Endangered, Threatened and Rare Plants

The BioPark is working with many partners to establish ex situ, or “off-site,” populations of threatened, rare or endangered native plants at the Botanic Garden.

Our Partners

• State of New Mexico Forestry Division
• New Mexico Heritage Program
• U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
• Bureau of Land Management
• U.S. Forest Service
• New Mexico Rare Plant Technical Council
• University of New Mexico

How the BioPark Helps

• Seeds provided by our partners are germinated at the BioPark greenhouses by horticulture staff.
• Plants are tended by horticulture staff.
• Horticulture staff work with conservation partners on research projects and seed collection.
• Plant identification labels and interpretive signs educate visitors about the plants.
• Conservation events highlight the species in the collection.

Ex Situ Plant Collection

• Sacramento prickly poppy - Argemone pleiacanthassp. pinnatisecta – Poppy Hill at Heritage Farm
  The Botanic Garden has become a state-wide seed source for the poppies.  Seeds given to U.S. Forest Service are being grown for reintroduction into the wild. 
  
• New Mexico beardtongue - Penstemon neomexicanus – Poppy Hill at the Heritage Farm.The New Mexico beardtongue is a locally common plant.  It is food for the caterpillars of the rare Sacramento Mountain checkerspot butterfly (Euphydryas anicia cloudcrofti). Seeds and seedlings are used in habitat restoration for the butterfly.
• Wright’s marsh thistle - Cirsium wrightii - PNM Butterfly Pavilion
• Fugate’s amsonia - Amsonia fugatei - Railroad Garden, Poppy Hill at the Heritage Farm and Curandera Garden
• Holy Ghost ipomopsis - Ipomopsis sancti-spiritus - Butterfly Pavilion
• Lesser yellow lady’s slipper - Cypripedium parviflorum - seed had been successfully germinated and we are waiting for the plants to grow large enough to plant in the garden.
• Goldenseal - Hydrastis canadensis – Curandera Garden
• Osha - Ligusticum porteri – Curandera Garden
• Elkweed - Frasera speciosa – Curandera Garden
• Santa Fe cholla - Cylindropuntia viridiflora – Zoo and Botanic Garden
• El Paso pricklypear - Opuntia arenaria – Botanic Garden
  Salvaged from southern New Mexico, these endangered prickly pears are in the garden’s collection as cultivated seed and propagule source.

A sample listing of the plant collection at the ABQ BioPark Botanic Garden

Mediterranean Conservatory

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  Pride of Madeira (Echium fastuosum)
• Island snapdragon (Galvezia speciosa)
• Spanish Shawl (Heterocentron elegans)
• Jasmine (Jasminum odoratissimum)
• Lions-tail (Leonotis leonurus)
• Granite honey-myrtle (Melaleuca elliptica)
• Oleander (Nerium oleander ‘Sister Agnus’)
• Jerusalem Sage (Phlomis fruticosa)
• Cape plumbago (Plumbago auriculata)
• Trumpet flower (Tecomeria ‘Orange Jubilee’)
• Sweet garlic (Tulbaghia fragrans)
• Bears breach (Acanthus mollis)
• Kangaroo paws (Anigozanthos flavidas)
• Bottlebrush (Callistemon citrinus)
• Natal plum (Carissa grandiflora)
• Sage-leaf rockrose (Cistus salviifolius)
• Fortnight lily (Dietes grandiflora)

Desert Conservatory

• Desert butterflybush (Buddleya marrubifolia)
• Baja fairyduster (Calliandra california)
• Damianita (Chrysactinia mexicana)
• Wild cotton (Gossypium harknessii)
• Tree morning glory (Ipomea fistulosa)
• Chuparosa (Justicia californica)
• Texas ranger (Leucophyllum candidum ‘Thunder cloud’)
• Texas ranger (Leucophyllum langmaniae ‘Rio Bravo’)
• Morkelia (Morkelia acuminata)
• Plumbago (Plumbago scandens)
• Trumpet flower (Tecomeria ‘Orange Jubilee’)
• Yucca (Yucca linearifolia)

Outside Conservatory

• Glossey abelia (Abelia grandiflora)
• Yarrow (Achillea filipendulina)
• Hollyhock (Althaea rosea)
• Mat daisy (Anacyclus depressus)
• Yellow columbine (Aqulegia chrysantha)
• Butterfly milkweed (Asclepias speciosa)
• Chocolate flower (Berlanderia lyrata)
• Butterfly bush (Buddleya davidii)
• Butterfly bush (Buddleya marrubifolia)
• Wine cups (Callirhoe involucrate)
• Sun cups (Calylophus hartwegii)
• Sun cups (Calylophus serrulatus)
• Blue mist spirea (Caryopteris clandonensis)
• Red valerian (Centranthus ruber)
• Trumpet vine (Campsis radicans)
• Bush anemone (Carpenteria californica)
• Red valerian (Centranthus ruber)
• Snow-in-summer (Cerastium tomentosum)
• Desert willow (Chilopsis linearis)
• Chiltalpa (Chiltalpa tashkentensis)
• Oxeye daisy (Chrysanthemum leucanthemum)
• Crimson-spot rockrose (Cistus ladanifer)
• Purple rockrose (Cistus x purpureus)
• Sage-leaf rockrose (Cistus salviifolius)
• Clematis (Clematis sp., white and purple)
• Rocky Mountain bee plant (Cleome serrulata)
• Coreopsis (Coreopsis grandiflora)
• Shrubby cinquefoil (Dasiphora floribunda)
• Jimson weed (Datura wrightii)
• Teasel (Dipsacus fullonum)
• Ocotillo (Fouquieria splendens)
• Blanket flower (Gallardia grandiflora)
• Whirling butterflies (Gaura lindheimeri)
• Geranium (Geranium sp.)
• Verbena (Glandularia gooddingii)
• Daylily, assorted (Hemeroacallis sp.)
• Red yucca (Hesperaloe parviflora)
• Angelina daisy (Hymenoxys acalus)
• Aaron’s beard (Hypericum calycinum)
• Red-hot poker (Kniphofia uvaria)
• Munstead lavender (Lavandula ‘Munstead’)
• Lobelia (Lobelia laxiflora)
• Hall’s Japanese honeysuckle (Lonicera japonica ‘Halliana’)
• Trumpet honeysuckle (Lonicera sempervirens)
• Heavenly bamboo (Nandina domestica)
• Catmint (Nepeta x faassenii)
• Oleander (Nerium oleander)
• Yellow evening primrose (Oenothera missouriensis)
• Mexican primrose (Oenothera speciosa)
• Penstemon (Penstemon barbatus)
• Pine-leaf penstemon (Penstemon pinifolius)
• Desert penstemon (Penstemon pseudospectabilus)
• Mock orange (Philidelphis sp.)
• Phlomis (Phlomis cashmeriana)
• Jerusalem sage (Phlomis fruticosa)
• Phlomis (Phlomis russeliana)
• Cape fuchsia (Phygelius capensis)
• Paper flower (Psilostrophe tagentea)
• Pomegranate (Punica granatum)
• Mexican hat (Ratibida columnifera)
• Roses, assorted (Rosa sp.)
• Cherry sage (Salvia greggii)
• Creeping sage (Salvia repens)
• Mexican elder (Sambucus mexicana)
• Soapberry (Sapindus drummondii)
• Spiraea (Spiraea bumalda ‘Anthony Waterer’ & ‘Goldflame’)
• Lamb’s ears (Stachys lanata)