DAVID GREENE, HOST: Good morning. I'm David Greene. Amazing the things music can inspire.</s>JIMI HENDRIX: (Singing) 'Cause I'm a voodoo child.</s>DAVID GREENE, HOST: This is "Voodoo Child," Jimi Hendrix. It was playing when Mark Dodero, a former grad student at San Diego State, discovered a plant - not an extraordinary plant - has pink flowers, dies in the summer. Its very existence is threatened by farming. No clear connection to Jimi Hendrix, except that's what was playing, so the plant is officially Dudleya hendrixii - Hendrix's live forever. It's MORNING EDITION.
The Hendrix song "Voodoo Child" was playing when Mark Dodero, a former grad student at San Diego State, discovered a plant species. The plant is officially called: "Dudleya hendrixii."