Growing Native with Petey Mesquitey

Burs in My Flip Flops and I Don't Care.


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The distinctive odor of canyon ragweed (Ambrosia ambrosioides) is so Sonoran Desert. Hey, burs in your flip flops is a very Sonoran Desert thing too and some of those burs could be from kissing cousin Ambrosia deltoidea. Oh, I forgot to mention that canyon ragweed has medicinal uses, so you may want to look up its uses. So Sonoran Desert! And the plant list that I was perusing and enjoying was for the Dunbar Springs Neighborhood in Tucson. The inclusion of canyon ragweed on the list made me want to move to that neighborhood. I like the drawing of canyon…
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