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Turquoise

Flower type: Biennial (Grows upwards by clinging to almost any surface.)

This average-sized flower grows up to 1.8 feet (56 cm) tall. Its yellow-green stem is thin and splits into many branching stems halfway up, and the giant, emerald leaves are very narrow and elongated with rounded edges. The leaves alternate on the stem from about halfway up, up to the flower head.

Two large flowers sit at the end of the stem. The flowers are 3 cm (1.2 inches) wide, with petals that are blood red in the center, turquoise in the middle and sky blue at the edges. The flower head is an uncoordinated mess of 34 curved petals. They are sturdy.

It has a scent whose strength depends on external factors, such as soil quality and rain frequency that smells like faeces, and it has lots of pollen; it does not cause many allergic reactions. It is pollinated by insects and is particularly attractive to a specific species.

It is suitable for making strong rope
It aggressively steals nutrients from other large plants (but not each other).
It is almost impossible to grow from cuttings.