Blumenbachia insignis

A plant with flattened sprays of jaggy-looking dissected leaves, overall triangular, flat-looking and stinging! The leaves are held out horizontally from the upright stems. At the top small pendulous flowers of curious aspect appear during summer. They stretch out their inflated petals like parachutes, and, hanging at the centre, the small yellow and red capsule having slender protruding stamens. This will scramble through other plants, and will be an annual or a biennial. It stands around 70cm as a free-standing plant with a 50cm spread.