Dont gift any of these to your Valentine :) ![]() ![]() 2. Hydnora africana, an unusual flesh-colored, parasitic flower that attacks the nearby roots of shrubby in arid deserts of South Africa. The putrid-smelling blossom attracts herds of carrion beetles. ![]() ![]() 3. Dracunculus vulgaris: smells like rotting flesh, and has a burgundy-colored, leaf-like flower that projects a slender, black appendage. ![]() 4. Amorphophallus: means, literally, "shapeless penis." The name comes from the shape of the erect black spadix. ![]() ![]() ![]() |
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