All out to save rare wildflowers

Fraga at her campsite in Kern County, California. As a Latina, Fraga is a rarity in a field long dominated by white men, dating to the 1700s when European colonists travelled the world and built collections of exotic plant specimens. — The New York Times

THE white Toyota Tacoma bumped along the dirt path, up and down hills, brush scratching the sides of the truck with a high-pitched whine.

Naomi Fraga, her hair in pigtail braids under a ball cap, drove like a slightly more cautious Indiana Jones guided by an ancient map.