Most of the southwest cosmos on our property is 1/2” to 3/4” pale purple blooms. This one is a 3” bloom and a much more saturated color.
Lemonscent is edible and medicinal. It's leaves are consumed raw or cooked, used as a seasoning, and also used as a flavoring for hot tea since they have a strong lemon-scent. You can put a sprig of it into your water bottle for flavor. The plant yields an inferior dye.
This plant is carminative and emetic. Crushed leaves are used to treat stomach pain. All flowers and plants of the Pectis genus have oil glands embedded in plant tissues that can be seen with low magnification or the naked eye. Some kinds of oil have lemon aromas, some have spicy smells, and some have little or no aroma. These oils may help stop herbivores, including insects. In addition, the flowers mixed with salt have been eaten in the treatment of stomach complaints.
Pea family, legume? With pod pairs. Picture quality sucks, needs replacement
Beautiful silver. This is a low growing beauty that stays a mat of 6”x18”. It is native to Great Basin to 11,000ft. and has sweetly scented gray/green leaves with yellow flowers. It is an extremely drought tolerant that will add to any landscape. Excellent in rock gardens or as a low/no water groundcover. It is also a medicinal plant with many uses by native people.