Uploaded January 2026 | Updated September 2026, 1 week ago
In this video we check out a recently cleared parcel of land in Brownsville, Texas where a rare Mexican Plant species grows, only known from a handful of locations in the United States. This plant is a member of the caper family, Capparaceae, in the same taxonomic order as mustard, Order Brassicales. Quadrella incana, also known as Capparis incana, Is a rare South Texas plant worth saving.
With tiny white four-petaled flowers and scale-like trichomes on the undersides of the leaves, this drought-tolerant shrub would be great for native plant cultivation in the region. It likely has a few unknown relationships with various species of insect and bird that have not been studied yet, making it important for maintaining the functioning of the living machine, aka the ecosystem, in this area.
It is more common just over the border to the south in Tamaulipas.
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In this video we check out a recently cleared parcel of land in Brownsville, Texas where a rare Mexican Plant species grows, only known from a handful of locations in the United States. This plant is a member of the caper family, Capparaceae, in the same taxonomic order as mustard, Order Brassicales. Quadrella incana, also known as Capparis incana, Is a rare South Texas plant worth saving.
With tiny white four-petaled flowers and scale-like trichomes on the undersides of the leaves, this drought-tolerant shrub would be great for native plant cultivation in the region. It likely has a few unknown relationships with various species of insect and bird that have not been studied yet, making it important for maintaining the functioning of the living machine, aka the ecosystem, in this area.
It is more common just over the border to the south in Tamaulipas.
Your contributions support this content. It sounds cliché but it's true. Whether it's travel expenses, vehicle repair, or medical costs for urushiol poisoning (or rockfalls, bee-stings, hand slices, toxic sap, etc), your financial support allows this content to continue so the beauty of Earth's flora can be made accessible to the public, accompanied by a small dose of profanity and crude humor. At a time when so much is disappearing beneath the human footprint, CPBBD is willing to do whatever it takes to document these plant species and the ecological communities they are a part of before they're gone for good.
Plants make people feel good. Plants quell homicidal (and suicidal!) thoughts. To support Crime Pays But Botany Doesn't, consider donating a few bucks to the venmo account "societyishell" or the PayPal account email crimepaysbutbotanydoesnt@gmail.com...
Or consider becoming a patreon supporter @ :
patreon.com/CrimePaysButBotanyDoesnt
Buy some CPBBD merch (shirts, hats, hoodies n' what the shit) available for sale at :
bonfire.com/store/crime-pays-but-botany-doesnt
To purchase stickers, venmo 16 bucks to "societyishell" and leave your address in the comments.
Plants ID questions or reading list suggestions can be sent to crimepaysbutbotanydoesnt@gmail.com
Thanks, GFY.
