What is the difference between 500 million-year-old limestone, 150 million-year-old intrusive igneous rocks, and 20 million-year-old volcanics? What the hell does geology have to do with plant life (a lot, especially in deserts where there's no soil and most things basically grow out of weathered and crumbled rock)?
In this episode we also get a glimpse at an undescribed species of buckwheat (Eriogonum) first collected a decade or two ago and known only from 4 places. This plant was due to be named Eriogonum sarmentosum (yet that name is on hold, thank gahd) by the late Jim Reveal (RIP), though it does not fit the description of being "sarmentose" at all. Eriogonum glaucocaulon would be a more appropriate name, due to its blue stems, but a name that refers to its pendant ketchup-and-mustard flowers would be appropriate, too.
We also explore the incredibly salt/drought/heat tolerant Allenrolfea occidentalis, a succulent plant in the same family as spinach (Amaranthaceae).
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15 мар 2022
