Fermina

March 24, 2025 00:04:14
Fermina
Growing Native with Petey Mesquitey
Fermina

Mar 24 2025 | 00:04:14

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Show Notes

Vines can make a landscape so wild and fermina (Cottsia gracilis) is a great addition to a native landscape, climbing up into a paloverde or maybe an ironwood tree. The flowers of plants in the Malpighiaceae are so distinct and…I dunno…I just love them and if you looked up Cottsia gracilis (Janusia) in a flora it would say that the flowers are dimorphic, meaning they have two forms; one open with petals and one closed with no petals and you learn the word cleistogamous referring to a closed self pollinating flower. Cool? Very cool and now you know! The photo…

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