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.
This show is all over the place. Fall gets me excited and fall color is a crazy combination of fall blooming plants and leaves...
It’s a little bit of a leap from talking about a plant in the aster family to talking about Senna in the pea family....
Well, I was a little worried, but I was pretty close on the number of Penstemon species in Arizona. There are close to forty....
