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Clinging Turquoise Vine

Flower type: Perennial (Grows upwards by clinging to almost any surface.)

This modest-sized flower grows up to 1.6 feet (48 cm) tall. Its green stem is very thin and straight with a curved tip, and the miniature, lime green leaves are light gray-green on the underside and are needle-like with smooth edges. The leaves alternate on the stem from about halfway up, up to the flower head.

Two large flowers sit at the end of each stem. The flowers are 10 cm (3.9 inches) wide, with petals that are florescent blue at the sides and turquoise at the center. The flower head is largely flat with handfuls of raised narrow petals. They are hardy.

It has a faint scent that smells like pepper, and it has a fair amount of pollen. It is pollinated by the wind, but is also particularly attractive to bees.

It is suitable for making paper
It has impressive regenerative properties.
The sap is edible and slightly salty.