| Author: | Albert
Thellung, 1912 |
| Family: |
Pedaliaceae |
| Habitat: |
Southern
North America |
| Soil: |
Rick to
Mixed |
| Water:
|
Medium -
Maximum |
| Sun: |
Medium -
Maximum |
| Height: |
60
Centimetres |
| Flower:
|
White to
cream, Pale to medium pink, Pale lavender |
| Propagate: |
Seeds/Cuttings |
| Names:
|
Louisiana
Unicorn-plant , Aphid Trap, Devil's Claw, Ram's Horn, Pale
Devil's Claw |
| Synonyms: |
Martynia louisiana, Mill. 1768.
Martynia alternifolia, Lam.
Martynia proboscidea, Gloxin.
Proboscidea cordifolia, Moench.
Proboscidea louisiana, Wooton & Standl. |
This member of the Pedaliaceae
family was given this name by Albert Thellung in 1912. It is found
in most of southern North America, growing in all from deserts to
moist, rich swamplands. It can grow to 60 centimetres in height,
barring loads of pale pink flowers.
Thellung treated the basionym
epithet "louisiana" as an error for "louisianica."Although nice to look at, the
sticky foliage has a foul, fetid smell.
Although it is so similar to
Ibicella lutea,
it does not seem like Glen Parker Van Eseltine renamed it along with
it. |
