Fendler's Desert Dandelion

Growing Native with Petey Mesquitey

Apr 14 2024 | 00:04:19

00:00 / 00:04:19

Show Notes

I hope you’re getting a chance to do some wandering this spring…maybe your backyard or a nearby park or even out in the wild. I owe you an episode about pale wolfberry (Lycium pallidum) and I’ll do that, but this bright little annual that looks so much like a dandelion is abundant around out little homestead this April. I like the common name Fendler’s desert dandelion and of course I like the botanical name Malacothrix fendleri. The photos are mine and taken very near our home. The underside of the flower helps identify it from other dandelion-like flowers you may…

Other Episodes

Episode 0

March 03, 2020 • 00:05:09

Seep Monkey Flower

Where we live in southeastern Arizona it has been a very wet winter with rain out in the flats and snow in the hills...

Episode

April 28, 2017 •

Nama hispidum

Nama hispidum is in the Waterleaf Family (Hydrophyllaceae). There are eight species of Nama found in Arizona and for those of us that live...

Episode

June 24, 2014 •

Mala Mujer

“A muggy monsoon mosey in the Mule Mountains.” Whoa Petey, you are the king of alliteration! Cnidosculous angustidens or Mala Mujer is a fascinating...