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The "Wooly Devil" is the first new plant genus to be discovered in a US national park since 1976.
It was confirmed last year in Big Bend National Park, Texas.
It was initially found near an area known as the Devil's Den. It's scientific name is Ovicula biradial.
Turns out, it's a member of the sunflower family.
It blooms after rain, so "as climate change pushes deserts to become hotter and drier, highly specialized plants like the wooly devil face extinction," said Dr. Isaac Lichter Marck.
It has so far been documented in three narrow locations across the northernmost corner of the park.
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