Ragged Rock Flower

Growing Native with Petey Mesquitey

Ragged Rock Flower

Dec 18 2023 | 00:03:56

00:00 / 00:03:56

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…

Other Episodes

Episode 0

August 24, 2025 • 00:04:27

Flora, Fauna, Friends and Butterfly Weed

Butterfly weed (Asclepias tuberosa) makes up for its lack of milky sap with the copious amount of nectar found in the flowers. Stand back...

Episode 0

July 05, 2021 • 00:04:34

A Chicken in Your Back Yard

I revealed most of my personal chicken history in this show. It is an ongoing saga, though I am much more in control of...

Episode

December 23, 2016 •

Black Bear in the Juniper Nation

Black bears are Ursus americanus and they are found in much of North America. In Arizona they are found in the eastern half of...