Drive-By Bebbia in the Borderlands

Growing Native with Petey Mesquitey

May 03 2026 | 00:04:27

00:00 / 00:04:27

Show Notes

Fans of borderlands’ flora will tell you there is nothing better than spotting an interesting plant out the window of your truck as you rumble by and shouting, “What was that? Wait, stop, pull over!” A drive-by turns into a stop and go. The sweetbush (Bebbia juncea) that Marian and I saw on the day described in this episode was in rocky desert with lots of mesquite, acacia, tar bush and sumac. Sweetbush seems to like the “rocky” part of rocky desert. The photos are mine of blooming Bebbia juncea in a desert fence line. The American Lady butterflies (Vanessa…

Other Episodes

Episode

January 01, 2019 • 00:04:57

Simmondsia chinensis

Jojoba is also called goat-nut and pig-nut, deer-nut or to plant geeks like myself, Simmondsia chinensis. The foliage and stems are browsed by wildlife...

Episode

December 18, 2019 • 00:05:38

Pinus discolor

We love our annual tree hunt and it’s been going on for a long time. I have 35 mm slides of hunts from 30...

Episode

September 09, 2020 • 00:05:01

Roadside Jungles

You know you haven’t been hiking or botanizing out in the desert or grassland enough when you look to the roadsides for interesting plants,...