Cenchrus pauciflorus or Sandbur is a grass! It is a maddening weed. But how about the wild Zinnias of the borderlands? There are 3 species found in Arizona and all three can be found in southeastern Arizona. How cool is that? It’s very cool.
It was Carl Linnaeus, the king of binomial nomenclature, who decided to use the classical Latin name fraxinus as the genus for ash trees....
In southeastern Arizona Datura wrightii is the preferred source of nectar for the moth Manduca sexta and you may also notice that the caterpillar,...
Calliandra is a beautiful plant name. I like the way a genus name can sometimes become the common name as well. I wonder how...
