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Jackass Clover and Clammy Weed
Jackass clover is Wislizenia refracta and the botanical name of clammy weed is Polanisia dodecandra. They are both in the Cleome family Cleomaceae. Many...
Roadside Jungles
You know you haven’t been hiking or botanizing out in the desert or grassland enough when you look to the roadsides for interesting plants,...
Hummingbird Trumpet in the Hills
Hummingbird trumpet has had quite a few botanical names and I’m still not sure that I got the current botanical right in this episode....
King of Klutter
At my age I should probably being thinking more of getting rid of clutter rather than adding to it. I tell our daughters that...
Mariosousa millefolia
Many years ago when I was running a nursery in Tucson, Arizona I was invited by a landscape architecture firm to supply the all...
Pituophis in the Hen House!
The scientific name for our gopher snake (or gophersnake. I’ve seen it written both ways) is Pituophis catenifer. The genus name looks like a...