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Escucha mis nombres

Art by Audrey Carver • Arte por Audrey Carver.

Bladderpod

I'm also known as • También se me conoce como:

Bladderpod

Quelite

Peritoma arborea

Cahuilla voice recordings by William Madrigal, Jr. • Grabaciones de voz  Cahuilla por William Madrigal, Jr.

Kumeyaay voice recordings by Ana (Martha) Gloria Rodríguez • Grabaciones de voz Kumiai por Ana (Martha) Gloria Rodríguez 

Learn more about me and my climate connection

Más información sobre mí y mi relación con el clima

I am a shrub with light gray-green leaves and big clusters of yellow flowers which bloom for most of the year. After flowering, especially in the spring and summer, I have seed pods that look like paper lanterns and seeds that look like small peas. My seeds and flowers are bitter, but edible when cooked. When touched I have a strong smell that people either love or hate. I am the home to the harlequin bug—a black, orange, and white striped insect that lives its entire life amongst my flowers and branches. They drink my special sap which makes them taste bad to predators. I can grow in dry and even salty soils, which helps me be resilient to more extreme drought and change in precipitation patterns expected due to climate change.

Soy un arbusto con hojas de color verde grisáceo claro y grandes racimos de flores amarillas que florecen durante la mayor parte del año. Después de florecer, especialmente en primavera y verano, tengo vainas de semillas que parecen farolas de papel y semillas que parecen guisantes pequeños. Mis semillas y flores son amargas, pero comestibles cuando se cocinan. Cuando se tocan, tienen un olor fuerte que a la gente le encanta o le desagrada. Soy el hogar de la chinche arlequín, un insecto con rayas negras, naranjas y blancas que vive toda su vida entre mis flores y ramas. Beben mi savia especial, lo que hace que su sabor sea desagradable para los depredadores. Puedo crecer en suelos secos e incluso salados, lo que me ayuda a ser resistente a sequías más extremas y cambios en los patrones de precipitación esperados debido al cambio climático.

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