A sign is pictured outside a greenhouse at the University of Nevada, Reno, where a rare desert wildflower is growing in this photo taken on Feb. 10, 2020 in Reno, Nevada. An Australian mining company that wants to mine lithium in the high desert 200 miles southeast of Reno, the only place the rare Tiehm's buckwheat is known to exist in the world. (AP Photo/Scott Sonner)
March 7, 2020
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RENO, Nev. (AP) — The rare Tiehm's buckwheat stands less than a foot tall (30 centimeters) in Nevada's rocky high desert, its thin, leafless stems adorned with tiny yellow flowers in spring.