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A botanist searches for rare Death Valley sage seeds

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Botanist Naomi Fraga has been trying for years to collect seeds from the rare Death Valley sage for safekeeping in a vault of native seeds. This year, with the desert in the midst of a big bloom, she's trying again.

NPR’s Christopher Intagliata reports.

This segment aired on April 13, 2026.

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