Helicodiceros muscivorus Geranium The late Professor William Stearn

The late Professor William Stearn wrote

unless you're trying to murder your lobelia

the 3' wide clumps are topped with 2' scapes of light lavender flowers

the snow banana from up to 8800' in elevation in the Himalayas is for you

Helicodiceros muscivorus Geranium The late Professor William StearnYou can bet this common name wasn't coined by a Wall Street marketing firm. Helicodiceros, an easy to grow first cousin to the famed aroid Dracunculus vulgaris, grows on rocky coastal cliffs on the Mediterranean Islands of Corsica, Sardinia, and the Balearics. The offsetting tubers give rise to the 1' tall, duck foot shaped, green, three dimensional foliage which emerges in very early spring. Later in spring, the spectacular tan and purple speckled