Chatham Islands sow thistle plant.
Rights: Amanda Baird Published 14 April 2009 Size: 1.8 MB Referencing Hub media

The Chatham Islands sow thistle presents a conservation dilemma – while it is endangered, it is also the only host plant for the endangered fungi Puccinia embergeriae, which kills it.

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