Devil

Devil's Claw, Unicorn Plant

Proboscidea louisianica (Mill.) Thell.

Pedaliaceae

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Devil’s claw, Unicorn Plant:

summer annual with large, heart-shaped leaves in the Pedaliaceae (Unicorn Plant Family) with long petioles; many sticky hairs on the leaves and stems
flowers in spikes at ends of branches--large showy, pink to white, funnelform
fruit is a curved, hairy, green pod that dries to split into dark “claw-like" structure
leaves, stems have bad odor, and sap may burn skin slightly; sap captures aphids and small insects
found in sandy, well-drained agronomic fields, pastures, fencerows