Clinging Blossom

This short flower grows up to 5 inches (13 cm) tall. Its lime green stem is wispy, and the small, yellow-green leaves are very thick with jagged edges. The leaves grow in pairs along the length of the stem.

2 to 8 tiny flowers grow on alternate sides up the length of the stem. The flowers are 4 cm (1.6 inches) wide, with petals that are lime on the underside and bronze on the top. The flower head is an uncoordinated mess of 43 curved petals. They detach easily.

It has a strong scent that smells like pepper, and it has copious amounts of pollen. It is pollinated by the wind, but is also particularly attractive to insects.