FREE: Devil's Claw (Unicorn Plant) seeds. Native American drought tolerant organically grown FREE SHIPPING

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This auction is for 10 seeds of this fantastic heat-loving and drought tolerant plant that even does well in the desert. This native American plant has edible pods and seeds, seed pods that are good for crafts, and thrives in hot, dry conditions. It doesn't seem to be bothered by insects, but our goats like to eat the flowers. It's a plant that was widely cultivated by Native Americans who grew it for food, and for basket-weaving materials.

The photos here were taken in early September of some plants that volunteered here, self-seeded from some we had planted last year. Here in Central Texas, they sprout fairly early in the year, and even small plants have some flowers, but they don't really grow a lot until the weather gets HOT. Some of these plants got to about 4 feet wide, and nearly 3 feet tall, here. When it got so hot that most of our flower and garden plants either quit growing or died, these really took off and looked gorgeous. They grew in ground that dried and had huge cracks from the drought, and I didn't water them, during the summer! Please check out the info in the links to see some great photos and learn more about growing these! There's more than one variety of this plant but this one is an annual with black seeds, and light pinkish-purplish flowers that have a yellow strip on the throat and are about 1 1/2 inches tall and one inch wide . Early in the season the flowers and plants did have an odor that was not attractive, but after mid-summer they didn't seem to have any odor. The young raw pods can be pickled, or eaten raw, and taste somewhat like cucumber. Here are some links with more info and some great photos!

http://www.wildflower.org/plants/result.php?id_plant=PRLO

http://plants.usda.gov/plantguide/pdf/cs_prpa2.pdf

http://uvalde.tamu.edu/herbarium/forbs-common-name-index/com
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