Scientific name: Quercus gambelli Young Quercus buckleyi tree in Santa Fe Botanical Garden (Photo credit: Janice Tucker) Common name: Gambel oak Scientific name: Quercus muehlenbergii Common name: Chinkapin oak Scientific name: Quercus macrocarpa Common name: Bur oak Scientific [...]

Scientific name: Mirabilis multiflora Mirabilis multiflora under a juniper (photo by Janice Tucker) Common names: wild four o’clock, Colorado four o’clock, showy four o’clock, desert four o’clock, Maravilla (Spanish) Plant Family: Nyctaginaceae – Four o’clock (pronounced: nyk-taj-i-NAY-see-ee) Article [...]

Scientific name: Fendlera rupicola Fendera rupicola (photo by Jeanne Gozigian) Synonym: Fendlera rupicola var. falcate Common names: cliff fendlerbush, false mock-orange Plant family: Hydrangeaceae Article and photos by Jeanne Gozigian One of my early hiking/climbing adventures after moving to New Mexico in 1989, [...]

Scientific Name: Humulus lupulus var. neomexicanus Common Name: Common hop Family: Cannabaceae Article by Susan Bruneni Humulus lupulus (common hop) is a species of flowering plant in the Cannabaceae family, native to Europe, Western Asia and North America. It has been [...]

Scientific name:  Nolina microcarpa, Nolina species Common names:  beargrass, sacahuista, palmilla, small-seed nolina Plant family:  Asparagaceae – asparagus USDA Zones 6b-10 Article and photos by Janice Tucker Looks can be deceiving. The species of the Nolina genus are living proof. [...]

Article by Jeanne Gozigian Common name Botanical name Plant family Venus flytrap Dionaea muscipula Droseraceae American pitcher plant Sarracenia spp. Sarraceniaceae Bladderworts Utricularia spp. Lentibulariaceae Sundews Drosera spp. Droseraceae This Plant of the Month article should probably have [...]

Scientific Name: Elaeagnus angustifolia Common name:Russian olive Plant Family: Elaeagnaceae Article by Susan Bruneni Leonora Curtin Wetland Preserve in winter (photo by Carl Troy). On February 17, 2017, when Leonora Curtin Wetland Preserve (LCWP) is included in the Great [...]

Scientific Name: Yucca baccata and the Yucca species Common Names:  banana yucca, Spanish dagger Plant Family:  Asparagaceae – asparagus (recently in the Agavaceae family, which is now the sub-family Agavoideae of the Asparagaceae plant family) Article by Janice Tucker [...]

This month's article features two plants: Scientific name: Hippeastrum Common name: amaryllis Family: Amaryllidaceae Scientific name: Narcissus papyraceus Common name:  paperwhite Family: Amaryllidaceae Article by Jeanne Gozigian “Forcing” bulbs for winter indoor floral beauty can be a fun and easy project when [...]

Scientific name: Cercocarpus montanus Common name: mountain mahogany Plant family: Rosaceae Article by Susan Bruneni Mountain mahogany is a delightful feature of the new ethnobotanical gardens, Ojos y Manos: Eyes and Hands, and has been a useful plant in this [...]

Scientific name: Muhlenbergia reverchonii ‘Autumn Embers’ Common name: ‘Autumn Embers’ muhly grass Plant Family:  Poaceae - Grass Article and photos by Janice Tucker Muhlenbergia reverchonii 'Autumn Embers' (Photo credit: Janice Tucker) The ‘Autumn Embers’ muhly grass (Muhlenbergia reverchonii ‘Autumn [...]