Listen as we fumble into this episode and get low to the ground to talk about this little flower called Moss Phlox! One of the earliest blooming flowers here in Montana. So if you have cabin fever, keep an eye out for this beautiful Phlox. There is botanical terms and bad jokes, we have it all folks!

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Check out our other episodes of flowers mentioned in this episode: buttercups, locoweed, and biscuitroot

This time Kelsey and Tenea take a vacation from Montana wildflowers and cover a different kind of wildflower that grows in California called Torch Aloe. Find out what a flock of hummingbirds is called and what even is a succulent? Listen as Kelsey tries to imitate hummingbird flying noises and the many many medicinal uses of this large and stunning tree aloe.

Pollinator of the moment is Anna’s hummingbird.

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Kelsey and Tenea discuss a low lying yellow wildflower called Oregon (not organ) Grape! Learn about the beautiful and unique characteristics of the leaves and what you can do with the berries.

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join Kelsey and Tenea as they discuss a forest groundcover called kinnickinnick or bearberry. This common plant is often overlooked, but not today! Learn about the medicinal uses of this plant and decide if you should smoke it or make a delicious soda from its berries.

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Join Kelsey and Tenea as they discuss a blue wildflower that grows in a variety of habitats. Learn about the risks and benefits of being a late bloomer and what the word nyctinasty means. We also discuss whether or not this flower looks like a Demogorgon and how many centimeters are in an inch.

Link to bumble bee Morphology:

https://www.mtent.org/projects/Bumble_Bees/morphology_female.html

*Pollinator of the Moment is the White Shouldered Bumble Bee (Bombus appositus)

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Join Tenea and Kelsey in a calcareous seep as we discuss a stunning wildflower with some interesting names including bogstar! Learn about this 'honorary grass' that isn't even a true grass and all of its super specific medicinal uses. Listen for Rowdy as his voice is heard in this episode.

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Join Tenea and Kelsey this week as we talk about the Hookedspur violet, Western dog violet, Western Blue violet or whatever else you want to call it! We also talk about the yellow violet (Viola orbiculata). Learn some big words with us like petaliferous and how to not say them. After this episode you will know all about automatic pollination and how ants help disperse this flower.

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Join us to talk about an amazingly complicated and beautiful wildflower Showy Milkweed! We cover the monarch migration, the many uses of milkweed from poison arrows to contraceptives and the latex! And Lexi the podcast makes a guest appearance!

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Pollinator of the Moment: Monarch butterfly