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Growing Native with Petey Mesquitey

by Petey Mesquitey
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  • Fall Apparel and Yarrow's Spiny Lizard

    October 25, 2026 · 4 min

    There is no dearth of information about Yarrow’s spiny lizards and I bet it’s because they are so approachable and hello, the Madrean evergreen woodland and up into coniferous forest makes for a pretty nice place to do research. There is a…

  • Heliomeris and Aldama

    October 18, 2026 · 4 min

    I’m pretty sure when I first learned heartleaf goldeneye it was a Viguiera and the same with the showy annual called longleaf false goldeneye. But hey, some molecular botany in 2011 led to changes and a lot of Viguiera species were…

  • Official Tree of the Borderlands

    October 11, 2026 · 4 min

    Repercussions from the environmental, the sociological, the cultural and spiritual damage done by the building of the border wall will haunt us for a very long time. Many thanks and so much gratitude to all the people who have fought and…

  • Threadleaf Groundsel

    October 3, 2026 · 5 min

    Threadleaf groundsel (Senecio flaccidus var. flaccidus) is really an attractive shrub with its grey foliage and yellow flowers. The variety, S. flaccidus var. monoensis, is quite nice as well with its green foliage and yellow flowers…

  • Hummingbird Trumpet

    September 27, 2026 · 4 min

    Hummingbird trumpet (Epilobium canum) is one of my favorite late summer into fall wildflowers to see in the wild. And, in the wild is wonderful, but this wildflower can be found in nurseries too, so get one for your personal habitat to…

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  • The Long-nosed Leopard Lizard (Gambelia wislizenii)

    September 20, 2026 · 4 min

    Here are some clarifications…the scientific name for the long-nosed leopard is Gambelia wislizenii honoring the naturalist of the 1800s William Gambel and Friedrich Wislizenus, an army engineer and plant collector also of the 1800s. I’m…

  • Change is Afoot

    September 13, 2026 · 4 min

    Well, alleluia, it’s feeling “fallish!” Okay, lemme see…the photos are mine of a box turtle track (see the plastron print?), a snake track with the ventral scutes, nicely landscaped kangaroo rat mounds and a Wright’s buckwheat (Eriogonum…

  • Purshia stansburyana

    September 6, 2026 · 4 min

    Cliffrose has had quite a few botanical names. Remember when the botanical was Cowania mexicana var. stansburiana? Okay, I’m old. The current botanical name is, at least for the time being, Purshia stansburyana. Cliffrose is a beautiful…

  • Fall Festival of Blooming Asteraceae

    August 29, 2026 · 4 min

    It’s true that every year I get excited about fall blooming plants in the Aster family (Asteraceae) and proclaim that there should be a festival to celebrate these wonderful fall bloomers. How fortuitous to come across clumps of Gregg’s…

  • Spreading Snake Herb

    August 23, 2026 · 4 min

    Here is the full botanical name of spreading snake herb: Dyschoriste schiedeana var. decumbens. Someone (Asa Gray?) had fun putting the Greek words together to form the genus meaning difficult to separate, referring to “ the valves of the…

  • Mala Mujer in the Mules

    August 15, 2026 · 4 min

    I’m pretty sure I first encountered the plant called mala mujer in the Santa Rita Mountains south of Tucson over 30 years ago. And I’m also pretty sure that I turned that encounter into an episode of Growing Native and I mispronounced the…

  • Arizona Buttercup

    August 8, 2026 · 4 min

    In 1881 botanists John and Sara Lemmon were collecting and botanizing in an area called Rucker Valley in the Chiricahua Mountains. And, they were staying at a military camp called Camp Rucker. I mention this because the old Camp Rucker…

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About the show

Petey Mesquitey is KXCI’s resident storyteller. Every week since the spring of 1992 Petey has delighted KXCI listeners with slide shows and poems, stories and songs about flora, fauna, and family and the glory of living in southern Arizona.