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.
When the Mesquitey family lived near Tucson I worked in a crazy wonderful nursery that was at the base of A-Mountain (Sentinel Peak) right...
Petey whines a little about the wildflower display near his home, but finds a flower that calms him down.
I like the name sumac. I learned it when I was a kid in Kentucky. The most talked about sumac of my youth was...