Category Archives: Endangered species

Physaria thamnophila (Rollins & E.A. Shaw) O’Kane & Al-Shehbaz

This is our first blog post but it is not about a cactus. In March of 2018, we were fortunate to have been permitted to see the rare and endangered Zapata bladderpod in habitat.  Its habitat is small but federally protected and off-limits to casual visitors. Despite that level of protection, it is threatened by […]