Queen Taco Flower Stock Photography

Queen`s taco, gall spur, blood flower, sores of Christ, is an ornamental plant native to America that is grown in parks and gardens. In the coastal areas in Spain has been fertile. It is an annual plant, hairless, succulent and widespread. There are numerous varieties with red, orange or yellow flowers, the chalice has five sepals and the corolla five uneven petals. Flowers and leaves have a spicy taste similar to watercress. They are annual creeping or creeping plants. Sub orbicular leaves, which reach a size of 3-10 cm in diameter, whole or with undulated margins, peeled; Petioles 15-20 cm long. Peduncles 10-20 cm long; Sepals 15-18 mm long and 8-9 mm wide, greenish-yellow, spur 25-35 mm long; Whole or undulating petals, yellow to red with yellow to purple dots and lines.