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Blood Red

Flower type: Biennial (Sheds its leaves in winter)

This big flower grows up to 3.0 feet (91 cm) tall. Its silver or hazel stem is very thin and straight with a curved tip, and the giant, lime leaves are 2 pointed with tattered edges. Many leaves grow at the base of the stem, and more leaves alternate on the stem from about halfway up, up to the flower head.

A single tiny flower sits at the end of the stem. The flowers are 14 cm (5.5 inches) wide, with petals that are beige at the sides and blood red at the center. The flower head is an uncoordinated mess of 38 curved petals. They detach easily.

It has a faint scent that smells like vomit, and it has very little pollen. It is a self-pollinator.

The colour changes depends on whether the soil is acidic or alkaline.
It is suitable for making strong rope
It is possible to grow it from cuttings.