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Threadleaf Groundsel
Threadleaf groundsel (Senecio flaccidus var. flaccidus) is a pretty native shrub… grey foliage and yellow flowers! The green leaf variety, S. flaccidus var. monoensis,...
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A Frisky Fall...Look Out!
The botanical name for the southwest white pine of this episode is Pinus strobiformis. I read that specific epithet stobiformis comes from the Greek...
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It's Your Epilobium, Mr. Mesquitey
Hummingbird trumpet (Epilobium canum) kicks into bloom in late summer and early fall and the red flowers are spectacular! Until then it sits around...
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Melampus Daisy
There are a dozen species of Melampodium and I wonder which one Linnaeus was looking at when he honored Melampus with the genus name....
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Autumnal Acorns
I’ll let you know how this all goes. I have many acorns to plant, but I like growing little oaks and we’ve done this...
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Milkweed Longhorn Beetle
I learned that there are twenty-six species of milkweed longhorn beetles (Tetraopes spp.) and up to fifteen of those are in the US. I...