Sharing seeds of rare plants
Monica Swartz (Tue, 11 Nov 2014 18:18:37 PST)

Jane, the US Endangered Species Act encourages the propagation and
distribution of rare and listed species. There is a good discussion
of this at http://torreyaguardians.org/shirey-2013-excerpts.p….
You can reassure your friend that he is only helping these plants by
propagation and distribution. If he wants to adhere to the strictest
interpretation of the law, if he gives cultivated plants or seeds to
others (without profit or gain), he is in total adherence to the law
and can send them between states.
Hope this helps, monica