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Purshia stansburyana
Cliffrose has had quite a few botanical names. Remember when the botanical was Cowania mexicana var. stansburiana? Okay, I’m old. The current botanical name...
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Fall Festival of Blooming Asteraceae
It’s true that every year I get excited about fall blooming plants in the Aster family (Asteraceae) and proclaim that there should be a...
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Spreading Snake Herb
Here is the full botanical name of spreading snake herb: Dyschoriste schiedeana var. decumbens. Someone (Asa Gray?) had fun putting the Greek words together...
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Mala Mujer in the Mules
I’m pretty sure I first encountered the plant called mala mujer in the Santa Rita Mountains south of Tucson over 30 years ago. And...
Arizona Buttercup
In 1881 botanists John and Sara Lemmon were collecting and botanizing in an area called Rucker Valley in the Chiricahua Mountains. And, they were...
Crimson Sage
The first time I saw and identified crimson sage (Salvia henryi) was years ago just outside Paradise in the Chiricahua Mountains. ..”just outside Paradise”...