Ibicella lutea

Ibicella lutea

Unicorn plant

  • Ibicella lutea
  • Ibicella lutea
  • Ibicella lutea
  • Ibicella lutea
  • Ibicella lutea
  • Ibicella lutea
  • Flower name
    Ibicella lutea
  • Scientific name
    Ibicella lutea
  • Aliasアクマノツメ, 黄花角胡麻, 悪魔の爪, devil's claw, unicorn plant, 大角胡麻, オオツノゴマ
  • Place of originSouth America
  • Place of floweringFields and footpaths
  • Flowering seasonJuly, August, September, October

What is Ibicella lutea

Ibicella lutea, Devil's claw or Yellow unicorn-plant(scientific name: Ibicella lutea) is an annual insecticidal plant of the family Martyniaceae native to South America. Yellow flowers bloom in summer. The leaves are mind-shaped, and the leaf stem is similar to puffer (scientific name: Petasites japonicus). The gland hair growing on the leaf stem is caught and captures insects. Flower name is similar to flower pale peach colored horn tuna (horn sesame, scientific name: Proboscidea), and it depends on yellow flower color. How to add flowers is a general inflorescence, attach a lot of yellow bell-shaped flowers about 5 cm to the tip of the flower pattern. Another name is "devil's claw" which means that the tip of the dried fruit is like a horn of goat, or a nail like an anchor and the contact person or wildlife It comes from sticking to it and making harm.

Common name: Ibicella lutea or Devil's claw, scientific name: Ibicella lutea, aka: devil's claw, unicorn plant, devil's nail, Tabibito nakase, akumano tsume, Place of Origin: South America, Plant Length: 50 cm, Flower Color: Yellow Flow Diameter: 5 cm, Flowering Period: July - November, Fruit Length: 15 cm.


  • Order
    Lamiales
  • Family
    Martyniaceae
  • Genus
    Ibicella
  • Species
    I. lutea
  • Type of flower
    Left-right symmetrical flower
  • Array of flower
    Gross inflorescence
  • Petal shape
    Bell-shaped
  • Leaf type
    heart-shaped
  • Edge of the leaf
  • Life typeannual insecticidal plant
  • Flower colorsYellow
  • Colors of the leavesGreen
  • Fruit colorBlack
  • Height50.0 ~ 50.0 cm
  • Diameter of flower5.0 ~ 5.0 cm

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