Proboscidea parviflora is a species of flowering
plant in the family Martyniaceae known by the common names doubleclaw
and red devil's-claw. It is native to the desert southwest of the United
States and northern Mexico, where it grows in sandy, dry, and disturbed
habitat and blooms during the hot summer. This is an annual herb growing from a taproot and producing sprawling, spreading stems.
The flower is white to pink or purple, sometimes with mottling or lines of spots in the throat, and often a purple blotch on the upper lip.
The fruit is a large seed pod are a few inches long. As the fruit dries the tail cracks open and splits into two hooked, claw-like halves. The young fruits and seeds were used for food and the dark-colored hardened dry fruits were used in basketry local Native Americans. Pods are much sought after by artists.
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Here is an awesome set of sculptures made with Devil Claw Pods by "Art from the Heart".
http://art-fromthe-heart.deviantart.com/gallery/7318792
Your DEVILS CLAW sculpture is awesome.
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