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.
Burroweed is in the Asteraceae. In the olden days…well, it wasn’t that long ago… some botanists had the sunflower family (Compositae) split up into...
The botanical name for Arizona rosewood is Vauquelinia californica. The species name californica means of California, but it’s not found…
This show is all over the place. Fall gets me excited and fall color is a crazy combination of fall blooming plants and leaves...
