Devil's claw

John Taylor [The Banshee] (rphjt@minyos.xx.rmit.EDU.AU)
Tue, 15 Feb 94 14:21:57 DST

(Just popped back for this quicky...)

What is "Devil's claw"? Gardenworld had a few plants of this for sale which
they claimed were carnivorous. The leaves look like Pelagonium's, the flowers
are tubular and the seed-pods are large and - naturally - look like large claws
which split into two halves (joined at the base). As there wasn't any
botanical name attached I couldn't identify it - but it sounds like Ibicella
(I don't think it had yellow flowers though, so it may not be I. lutea).
BTW, the claimed that the pods could kill sheep...

BFN??

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