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 botanical name for Arizona rosewood is Vauquelinia californica. The species name californica means of California, but it’s not found…
I think what I love most about finding all the relics of the past, from old ranch trash, old military cartridge brass, to ancient...
The scientific name of the black swallowtail is Papilio polyxenes. Papilio is from the Latin for butterfly and the specific epithet polyxenes is from...
