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Redwhisker clammyweed (Polanisia dodecandra), at Garden Wash.
This is my current nominee for plant-with-the-best-common-name. It is a cleome, with sticky-fuzzy hairs on stems and leaves that leave a gummy, foul-smelling sap on your hands when handled. The scientific name is useful and descriptive. The genus name
Polanisia
refers to the unequal lengths of the flowers’ stamens, while dodecandra indicates that each floret has twelve stamens.
Mojave woodyaster (Xylorhiza tortifolia) at Garden Wash, San Pedro House. In the San Pedro Riparian National Conservation Area, Cochise County, Arizona.
Pointleaf manzanita (Arctostaphylos pungens), at Fort Bowie National HIstoric Site, Cochise County, Arizona.
What’s Blooming: Sweet coneflower (Rudbeckia subtomentosa, var. “Henry Eilers”), in Portsmouth, Virginia.
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What’s Blooming: Sweet coneflower (Rudbeckia subtomentosa, var. “Henry Eilers”), in Portsmouth, Virginia.
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