Author:
Jan Scholten
Book:
Qjurious
Type:
Info
Chapter:
3-665.66.12
Proboscidea parviflora
Names: Doubleclaw; Red devil's-claw; Devil's horn; Ram's horn; Unicorn plant.
Botany: Southwest United States, Mexico; sandy, dry, disturbed; taproot; sprawling, spreading stems; leaves rounded, oval, roughly triangular, smooth edges; inflorescence is an array of several showy bell-shaped flowers; flower is white to pink or purple; yellow nectar; fruit is a large seed pod, cylindrical, long, thin, curving tail, splits into two hooked, claw-like halves; fruits and seeds were used for food and the dark-coloured hardened dry fruits were
Use: basketry