Black Canyon Trail Flora: Graham’s nipple cactus (Mammillaria grahamii).
This little specimen was only the size of a ping pong ball (40mm in diameter). I think it likely that the people (men, of course) responsible for both the common and scientific names for this cactus had little first-hand experience of actual female breasts.
Black Canyon Trail Flora: Graham’s nipple cactus (Mammillaria grahamii).
This little specimen was only the size of a ping pong ball (40mm in diameter). I think it likely that the people (men, of course) responsible for both the common and scientific names for this cactus had little first-hand experience of actual female breasts.
Black Canyon Trail Flora: Tamarisk (Tamarix sp.). There are six tamarisk species found in the southwest – all introduced, all invasive, all nuisances.
Black Canyon Trail Flora: Tamarisk (Tamarix sp.). There are six tamarisk species found in the southwest – all introduced, all invasive, all nuisances.
Black Canyon Trail Flora: Common fiddleneck (Amsinckia menziesii).
Black Canyon Trail Flora: Common fiddleneck (Amsinckia menziesii).
Black Canyon Trail Flora: Coulter’s lupine (Lupinus sparsiflorus), with friend.
The friend (at top) is a three-lined potato beetle (Lema daturaphila), though I’m not sure what it was doing on this lupine. As the beetle’s name suggests, it is a datura lover – using members of the Solanaceae family as a preferred food source.
Black Canyon Trail Flora: Coulter’s lupine (Lupinus sparsiflorus), with friend.
The friend (at top) is a three-lined potato beetle (Lema daturaphila), though I’m not sure what it was doing on this lupine. As the beetle’s name suggests, it is a datura lover – using members of the Solanaceae family as a preferred food source.
Black Canyon Trail Flora: Tree tobacco (Nicotiana glauca).
Tree tobacco is an invasive South American import that has achieved nuisance status in the southwest.
Black Canyon Trail Flora: Tree tobacco (Nicotiana glauca).
Tree tobacco is an invasive South American import that has achieved nuisance status in the southwest.
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