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Bronze

Flower type: Annual (Grows and flowers repeatedly for more than two years)

This massive flower grows up to 14.4 feet (4.4 meters) tall. Its red stem is thick and straight with a curved tip, and the small, slate or sky blue leaves are brown on the underside and are perforated with smooth edges. Many leaves grow at the base of the stem, and a pair of leaves grow at the base of the flower head.

A single giant flower sits at the end of each stem. The flowers are 106 cm (41.7 inches) wide, with petals that are bronze in the center, turquoise in the middle and aquamarine at the edges. The flower head is an uncoordinated mess of up to 10 curved petals. They fall easily.

It has the faintest scent that smells like perfume, and it has very little pollen. It is pollinated by insects , but only one species in particular.

It is suitable for making baskets and the like
It is excellent at collecting and storing carbon dioxide
A particular bird species likes to nest in it.