A rare thing, too.
The universe tends toward entropy.

One day around 32,000 years ago, an arctic ground squirrel ate parts of a plant, silene stenophylla, including its seed. The squirrel was digesting it when its life ended.

Its body was recovered from permafrost and examined. Scientists germinated this plant seed. This silene stenophylla just bloomed.

It is 32,000 years old.

The strength, the vitality and stamina of living things — of life itself — is incredible.

@ktdoggett Uh, that's how end-of-the-world stories start. PUT THE PLANT BACK IN THE ARCTIC
@steveumstead @ktdoggett Notice that the flower is under a bell jar? I suspect that efforts are being made to keep it isolated, just in case...