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.
Petey is enticed into the hills to look at plants and there is much excitement. Petey is easy. Summer rains bring our cool native...
Growing Plants, Feeling Good After 34 years of growing native plants Petey still gets excited about finding cool plants in the wild and growing...
The botanical name of Wright’s Beebrush is Aloysia wrightii. It used to be Lippia wrightii, well actually it has gone back and forth, but...
