Crotalaria pumila or Rattle Box is a sweet little legume found out in the grassland and up slope as well. The family Leguminosae may be Fabaceae now or maybe it is the other way around, but one thing is for sure: at night Kangaroo Rats use the pods of rattle box to shake out rhythms as they swirl beautiful patterns in dust with their long tails . It’s true.
The photos are mine. Coatimundis can make you pretty happy…
Hmm, I’m not doing a very good job of keeping up with botanical names. Either that or I’m making them up as I go....
I had a chance to use the word didymus when describing the seed pods of Menodora, but forgot, so here: the common name twinberry...
