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Velvet Mesquite
There are three native species of mesquite found in Arizona; the western honey mesquite (Prosopis glandulosa var. torreyana), the screwbean mesquite (P. pubescens) and...
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Brickellia floribunda
This is a Re-Petey from 2016 and it has not been chilly at all! But as I sit and write this in November of...
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Piñons in the Hills
The geology found at Fort Bowie National Historic Site certainly makes for the diverse flora. Hills or slopes of limestone next to or mixed...
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King of the Dogs and Queen of the Night
When I initially wrote this story I was using Lyman Benson’s The Cactus of Arizona as my reference and the queen of the night...
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Winter Fat…Very Cool!
I think it’s fascinating that there are several species of winter fat found in Eurasia and Europe. That’s where the genus was first described...
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Stop the Presses! Passionflower Grows at Mesquitey Homestead!
I’m not sure at all how this species of Passiflora ended up in Ms. Mesquitey’s bed of basil. I reuse old nursery soil from...