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Detailed explanation-1: -UPSC Mains. Q. ‘Nevada wildflower’ has been declared as endangered species in which country? Notes: United States wildlife officials declared a Nevada wildflower as endangered species at the only place it’s known to exist.

Detailed explanation-2: -Lithium led Tiehm’s buckwheat to evolve on a 10-acre plot in Nevada. Now the flower is threatened both by a mine for the metal that’s critical for the energy transition and grazing cattle.

Detailed explanation-3: -The announcement comes less than a week after the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service declared the rare Nevada wildflower Tiehm’s buckwheat an endangered species because of the threat posed by the Rhyolite Ridge Mine.