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.
Squash bees are out so early in the morning that they’re moving pollen around well before honey bees even arrive.…
Petey chats about the hydro-seeded wildflowers he sees along the local roadsides. He seems a tad miffed.
Quercus toumeyi Arizona Sonora border foothills oak The photos are mine.