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America s electric cars need lithium so badly it may wipe out this species CNN 5 days ago © Courtesy Jim Morefield, NDNH Fewer than 40 years after humans discovered Tiehm s buckwheat, a Nevada plant with yellow flowers, they may drive it to extinction in pursuit of electric vehicles, a technology widely hailed as being environmentally friendly. Environmentalists say the benefits of Tiehm s buckwheat could be vast, but its full significance is unknown. What s certain, they say, is that guarding Tiehm s buckwheat is important for preserving biodiversity on Earth. The flower is so newly discovered that it hasn t been studied thoroughly, they say. But botanists say they re impressed with Tiehm s buckwheat s ability to thrive where few species can poor soil that s full of boron and lithium.

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