Ragged Rock Flower

December 18, 2023 00:03:56
Ragged Rock Flower
Growing Native with Petey Mesquitey
Ragged Rock Flower

Dec 18 2023 | 00:03:56

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Show Notes

If I had wobbled up any higher on that rocky slope I may or may have not fallen by a ragged rock flower. It ranges from 1,800 ft to 4,500 ft in elevation across southern Arizona. I found a wonderful line in the plant description found at the site SEINet; “An unassuming plant with attractive flowers, often growing in out of the way places.” Sweet….also some photos of Crossosoma bigelovii can be found at that site. The photo used here is mine taken of Lucretia Breazeale Hamilton’s drawing in a favorite book of mine called Trees and Shrubs of the…

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