Thousands of plants can now be seen flowering again in York thanks to a project by botanists.
BBC Look NorthYellow-flowered York groundsel is a hybrid of two other plants that first appeared in the city in the 1970s.
It is a natural hybrid of two relatively common plants, native groundsel and Oxford ragwort, but it is unusual because hybrids are not normally fertile, Mr Shaw said. Fortunately some York groundsel seeds were stored at the Millennium Seed Bank at Kew, and were planted in polytunnels and in the city as part of a project between Natural England and the Rare British Plants Nursery.Alex Prendergast from Natural England said the growth of the plants had been hindered by a lack of rain
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