Missed another one: the Prickle Heads
All this rain has put a damper on going out and when I did finally go, I found evidence of flowering but I missed the actual flowers so there are just these large hairy calyces to be seen.
I had no idea what it might be but some helpful folks on a local group identified it. Crabbea is named after the poet George Crabbe, don't ask me why. It's a plant that was collected and named in the mid 1800's so perhaps it was a thing in those days to name an obscure African plant after an English poet from the era of Lord Byron.
This is what the flower looks like:
Image source: PlantzAfrica website, http://pza.sanbi.org/crabbea-angustifolia
I seem to recall being told when I was much younger about a similar seed pod that grew on the mountains and in winter, when it's dry, the seed pods pop open if you put them under your tongue. I'll have to wait for winter to test this one, and make sure that the annual fires don't beat me to it
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Wow. Beautiful flower
The name of this flower is interesting. This poet thanks to this flower will be glorified for centuries.
If anyone bothers to go looking for the reference
Very interesting! Very tiny flowers in a cluster. You are going to eat the seeds!?
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No, just see if they pop open when damp. The mouth is a good place for such an experiment
Saludos, Es sencillamente hermosa, todas esas flores en esa especie de canasta verde, hace contraste con la blancura de sus flores.
Such pretty flowers like chicks in the nest :-)))
I never thought about it like that but that's true
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All kinds of delightful little flowering plants in your dry climate.
I have been surprised myself by the variety, since I made an effort to go and document it