They are named for the unpleasant carrion odor of their large flowers which attracts certain insects to pollinate t he plants and lay their eggs there. The following photo shows a dead stalk of Carrion-flower from the 2013 growing season, as well as new flowering shoots. Carrion flowers (genus Stapelia), include about 44 species of succulent plants of the milkweed family, native to tropical areas of southern Africa. Both species have flat flower peduncles instead of. Smilax pulverulenta has leaf blades with dark green undersides covered with transparent hairs. Their leaf margins are convex instead of concave and the flower petals are larger, 3.5-5 mm. This is an easy to grow tropical succulent plant with thick, spiky but soft leaves. Smilax herbacea and Smilax pulverulenta are the other two herbaceous species of Smilax lacking prickles.
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I can verify that the flowers, at least up close, are foul smelling. Stapelia leendertziae Carrion Flower Available in a 4' pot, 10.00 plus shipping. Summer 2014 Update: I did revisit the patches in late July and found insects busy visiting the flowers. In June or July, I'll visit these patches again to confirm the reportedly foul scent of this plant's flowers (hence the name Carrion-flower), and in late summer I'll be back to sample the edible, hopefully not foul-tasting, berries when they are plump and fresh. One cluster I noticed had green shoots ( above) another clump was purple-tinged ( below). any of various plants of the genus Stapelia having succulent leafless toothed stems resembling cacti and large foul-smelling (often star-shaped) flowers Familiarity information: CARRION FLOWER used as a noun is very rare. The shoots look a lot like Asparagus ( Asparagus officinalis) and taste similarly delicious. Dictionary entry overview: What does carrion flower mean CARRION FLOWER (noun) The noun CARRION FLOWER has 1 sense. At this point in the year, the once-dense clusters are now rather sparse, but at the base of last year's withering growth, thick, beautiful 1-2' tall shoots have emerged. carrion flower, (genus Stapelia), genus of about 44 species of succulent plants of the milkweed family (Apocynaceae), native to tropical areas of southern Africa. At the time, I recognized the plant by the rounded clusters of dark berries. A few months ago, I noticed some dead vines of Carrion-flower ( Smilax herbacea) along a road I often travel down. PADANG, The Agam regency of Indonesia’s West Sumatra province is host to a very rare natural phenomenon, after a carrion flower of the Amorphophallus titanium or titan arum strain has borne fruit in the wild.