Stinging Serpent

December 02, 2013
Stinging Serpent
Growing Native with Petey Mesquitey
Stinging Serpent

Dec 02 2013 |

/

Show Notes

IMG_8708    Peter jabbers about cool winged grasshoppers and a plant called Stinging Serpent.

Cevallia sinuata or Stinging Serpent is found around the wild borderlands of southeastern Arizona from 2,500 to 5,000 feet in elevation. The flowers are fascinating and the stinging hairs are very cool.

IMG_8731 IMG_8744

Other Episodes

Episode

July 28, 2016
Episode Cover

Bellota of the Borderlands

Many years ago while driving the dirt road between Klondyke and Pima, Arizona I rounded a curve and and almost crashed into an Apache...

Listen

Episode

May 26, 2015
Episode Cover

Being here and there now

Petey leaves work for the hills after deciding that being there now would be better than being here now.

Listen

Episode

October 23, 2019 00:05:31
Episode Cover

Winterfat

I think it’s fascinating that there are several species of winterfat found in Eurasia and Europe. That’s where the genus was first described by...

Listen