Field Notes: December 2, 2025 Location: Rolling Hills near Mercedes, Soriano, Uruguay Encounter Summary: The summer heat was rising off the pampas, turning the golden grasslands into a shimmering haze. My canine companion, a local farm dog with a nose for trouble, trotted ahead until he froze mid-step, fixated on a maroon object trundling through the dry stalks. This was the Ambuloflora pampeana, widely known among the gauchos as "The Drifter's Rose." Unlike stationary flora, this organism migra

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