Stinknet - March 2023 Stinknet (Oncosiphon Piluliferum) is a ground cover found primarily in the extreme southern California / northern Mexico area. It is an “aggressive invasive” plant and was kept out of Arizona for many years until 2018. In 2018 an idiot landscaper in northeastern Phoenix began planting it as a border/ground cover because it was so hardy and had such pretty flowers. I don’t know if he lost his license (if he ever had one) but I am sure he lost most of his customers because this stuff STINKS! The odor of stinknet in bloom has been described as everything from turpentine to rotting meat. Personally, I think it smells like rancid sage, or perhaps rancid meat marinating in sage. I think it is almost overpowering; Kathy can barely smell it. The flowers are pretty. I had never seen it before, but the rangers at Estrella Regional Park told us what it was and how it got there. They are hoping to eradicate it, but as much of it as we saw everywhere in the area, I don’t think they have a chance. In a few years, Phoenix and the surrounding area will stink to high heaven whenever the wildflowers bloom. MWM