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Caulanthus inflatus |
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Curious annual native to California, whose flowers appear on starkly upright, succulent lime green stems. The unopened buds are a deep bungundy color, which makes them the primary attraction. Perhaps attraction is too big of a word, because the overall habit of the plants is gangly, with untidy leaves held a ways off the ground by dark stems. But it's fun to find the interesting bits for every plant.
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Upon closer inspection, the opening flowers that are lower on the elongating flowering stem become evident. The bud exteriors have faded by now, and the tiny petals that emerge are a purple/white bicolor. They are quite interesting if you bother to look!
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In the next stage, the long seedpods form, initially topped by little pink minipetals.
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We left this plant behind in our Pennsylvania garden (and wish it well); we don't grow it in Houston. Seed for this plant is included on my seed trade list About my plant portraits
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- Seed from '13 trade. Baggy 70F (75%G, 5-18d)
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