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.
June is the season of soaptree yuccas blooming and at our little homestead and all along the borderlands there are…
Desert anemone (Anemone tuberosa) is in the Buttercup Family. Buttercups are the genus Ranuculus and the family name is Ranunculaceae. It’s probably just me,...
Peter jabbers about cool winged grasshoppers and a plant called Stinging Serpent. Cevallia sinuata or Stinging Serpent is found around the wild borderlands of...
