Petey Does Mimosas

Growing Native with Petey Mesquitey

Petey Does Mimosas

Jun 22 2025 | 00:04:34

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Show Notes

It was Linnaeus that created the name Mimosa from the Greek: mimos for mime and the suffix osa for resembling. As to the plant jabbered about in this episode, it was Asa Gray that named the species grahamii to honor James Graham and probably at William Emory’s suggestion…fellow soldier surveyors in the field. The photos are mine.

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