Petey waxes poetic about life and finally describes a native Lotus. Let’s listen.
Lotus greenei is truly a beautiful wildflower and yes, it does need to be grown and made available in nurseries. But seeing it in the wild is pretty cool too, so call in well to work and go look for it. Just do it.
l like the genus name Amoreuxia. I think it may be the “euxia” part that feels so pleasant to say. And the specific epithet...
Chuparosa is one my of favorite plants from back when we used to live outside of Tucson. I bet we had 5 or 6...
If you are inclined to be a botanical splitter, then the plant I’m talking about is Condalia warnockii var. kearneyana, or so say Benson...
