Penny Cress Saves the Day

March 28, 2023 00:04:35
Penny Cress Saves the Day
Growing Native with Petey Mesquitey
Penny Cress Saves the Day

Mar 28 2023 | 00:04:35

/

Show Notes

Our one flowering wildflower on this wonderful day was the pretty perennial called penny cress or candy tufts. It is the former Thlaspi fendleri, but is now Nocceae fendleri. That’s my photo of the plant and it doesn’t do the plant justice. If you get a chance, you should look it up at the web site SEINet. Alligator bark juniper apparently is an old common name. Now a days it is simply alligator juniper. I’m now up to date, but after seeing all those male juniper plants getting ready to explode with pollen I’m thinking it could be called “pollengator juniper.”  (check out my photo below...yikes!) The botanical name is still Juniperus deppeana and alleluia to that. In central Texas and the land of Juniperus ashei folks suffer terribly from the pollen and call their suffering cedar fever. We’ve been in Santa Fe when the Juniperus monosperma were releasing their pollen making much of the populace quite miserable. I don’t remember anyone having a name for their misery, but we heard many nasally profanities during our stay.

Other Episodes

Episode

July 18, 2018 00:04:36
Episode Cover

San Miguelito

I call Antigonon leptopus queens wreath, because that’s the name I first learned for it. If you looked up queen’s wreath you will find...

Listen

Episode

April 15, 2014
Episode Cover

Pollinatin’ Rythyms

Petey snaps out of his winter doldrums and joins the world for spring.  ‘Bout time Petey. Pollinator gardens are one of the most wonderful...

Listen

Episode 0

November 24, 2024 00:03:41
Episode Cover

My Girlfriend Hanna

Talking about desert broom (Baccharis sarothroides) is a November tradition and so is singing an old hymn that I like to play with. The...

Listen