Guess what this is a photo of!

[expatgirl]

What is this a picture of?

 

[Uncle Bob]

Starfish flower

 

[Uncle Bob]

Is it edible? or a part of it?

 

[expatgirl]

No, Uncle Bob, it's not a starfish flower and hint #1--it does NOT have a foul odor or attracts flies which is what the starfish flower does. #2 if you eat this plant you will be swigging Pepto Bismol--the deer will be laughing at you, however.

 

[Uncle Bob]

Does this plant have multiple blooms??? Do you find this in Texas, or in Kazakhstan? Or both?

 

[expatgirl]

From what I've read it does have multiple blooms and there are parts of Texas that it's found in but on a limited, small scale. Found more abundant in other areas. Definitely NOT Kazakhstan.

 

[Uncle Bob]

Ornamental? Wild? Grown as a cash crop? I don't have a clue!!!

 

[expatgirl]

i think I detect a fellow gardener---it's considered "wild" if you mean "non-cultivated".

 

[Andy M.]

Looks like we need a clue or two to get close the the answer. Please?!

 

[LT72884]

Its a Chinese herb that rarely grows in texas. or its a blue bonnet

 

[YT2095]

it`s not Milkweed is it?

 

[expatgirl]

It's not milkweed and it's a native American plant that grows in the woods. In fact it has several names, one that is especially interesting. Additional hint: see the red seeds? What does one associate red with? That's a big clue to one of its interesting names.

 

[Uncle Bob]

Hot Pocket Plant....Hot Pants Plant....Hot Hibiscus Holly! Firemans Helmet...Ha ha!

 

[NAchef]

Blood flower

 

[Jeekinz]

Is it some kind of peppa?

 

[LT72884]

the burning something. the bush that burns or the burning bush

 

[expatgirl]

good guesses all (Uncle Bob-----yours take the flaming cake!!!!!!! hahaha---last great laughs before I go off to bed) but no. Don't worry I' m not going to drag this out) Think red as in a body part................hmmmmmmm

 

[LT72884]

body part or organ.

 

[expatgirl]

to be specific "organ"

 

[YT2095]

I guess that excludes the UKers again since there`s no way we could know what it is or what it`s called.