Dainty pink Mt. Diablo buckwheat rediscovered

I was amazed to see this little story grace the front page of /. (slashdot), a popular IT website, with a link to this UC Berkeley News article. It's about the rediscovery of little pink flowers called Mt. Diablo Buckwheat which haven't been seen up on the bay area mountain for 70 years. It seems that the Buckwheat is one of only three plants, all of them rare, that are endemic to Mount Diablo.

So, does this mean the return of the Buckwheat to the slope of Diablo? Well, maybe since the seed can lay dormant in the soil for decades, says Michael Park, a University of California, Berkeley, graduate student. As well, the botonists plan to collect mature seeds for later cultivation as a back up if the plant goes further into decline on Diablo.