In the May 26, 2008 post titled "Poor Man's Georgia O'Keeffe" I posted this photo and wondered which plant it came from. For today's post, while researching the Devil's Claw, I discovered that the structure pictured here is, in fact, the devil's claw that gives name to the plant. When the seed pod of the Devil's Claw matures it splits in two to form this ingenious device for dispersing its seeds. The devil's claw gets caught in the fur of animals and is carried away from the mother plant for dispersal. I can attest to personally having these things caught on my shoes in the past.
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