Crime Pays But Botany Doesn't

Latest Episodes:

Death Valley Limestone, Invasive Species, Herbal Enemas May 17, 2019

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A trip to Death Valley Limestone , an herbal poultice for invasive species long-winded rambling and the longest attempt to exit the podcast so far.

Assaulted by Stinkbells and Obsessed with Monkey Flowers Apr 19, 2019

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Stinkbells Lilies, Fritillaria agrestis, the Futility of Life in Modern Civ, Calico Monkeyflowers, etc

Rare Manzanitas & The Best Taqueria in the Salinas Valley Apr 03, 2019

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A trip to Pinnacles National Park, confused European tourists, the hemorrhoid of differentiating between two morphologically-identical genera of annual tarweeds, and the best goddamn taqueria in the Salinas Valley (Soledad Brother).

"Superblooms" are relicts & understanding Invasive Species Mar 29, 2019

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But for real - how could you not like The Spinners?

Mojave Snow, Laterites, Salvia funerea Feb 25, 2019

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A week long jaunt into the Mojave during a freakish weather event and a list of the floristic characters encountered b/w moderated profanity and the joy of being slapped around with Placidium Lichen.

Neonicotinoids, Molecular Phylogeny, Relict Populations Feb 14, 2019

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This episode contains rants about the anomaly of working-class republican-ism, molecular phylogenetics, a new population of Funeral Sage, and a relict population of Alaska Cypress

Kick Me Inna Asteraceae Feb 10, 2019

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A Very Brief, Low-Brow Approach to the Sunflower Family with frequent cameos by an inopportune Yukele, with frequent digressions into Palo-Endemics, Refugia, Botanical Speciation , Disjunct Populations and Molecular Phylogenetics.