The article provides data on the studies of the forms of existence of wild relatives of cultivated plants of the flora of Karakalpakstan and Khorezm. The analysis showed that among the wild-growing species, the largest number of species was observed among those growing both in the wild and in culture - 44 species, then, in terms of their number (35 species), there were species that grew only in the wild. There were 21 species growing in the wild and also weeding, 19 species growing in culture and weeding, and 8 species were attributed to plants growing in the wild, in culture, weed and feral. The number of cultivated species was 43 species, and the largest number of species belonged to weed-16, 8 species were identified as cultivated and weed, there were 10 cultivated, weed and feral species, and 9 species were classified as cultivated and feral.