Melampus Daisy

Growing Native with Petey Mesquitey

Melampus Daisy

Oct 03 2023 | 00:04:27

00:00 / 00:04:27

Show Notes

There are a dozen species of Melampodium and I wonder which one Linnaeus was looking at when he honored Melampus with the genus name. And, I wonder when the genus name started being misinterpreted to mean blackfoot and not honoring the mythological soothsayer. Anyway, another cool thing about Melampus, besides him being a legendary soothsayer was that he was “reputed to understand the speech of all creatures.” My kind of guy…er, god. So, a fun discovery for me in an old paperback booklet of plant names. Lemme see…oh, if you are interested in other plants named from Greco-Roman mythology (not…

Other Episodes

Episode

November 25, 2013 •

Casa de Desert Broom

Petey thinks folks should be planting Desert Broom in pollinator gardens. What?! Explain yourself Petey. Bacharris sarothroides is truly hated by some people. Its...

Episode 0

April 27, 2025 • 00:04:16

New Mexico Locust and Papilionaceous Flowers

I have grown New Mexico locust (Robinia neomexicana) in the past for some contract grows and I quickly learned that the spines don’t get...

Episode

August 25, 2017 • 5:04

Wild Lettuce

I like the title Wild Lettuce for this show. It seems incongruous, as in wild and lettuce don’t seem to go together. But where...