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Castor oil plant

Ricinus communis

Description:

Large, often red-tinged shrub. Leaves palmate, with 5-9 toothed lobes. Flowers in long spikes; females with red stigmas are terminal, with whitish males below; appear February to October.

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Dangermouse
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Dangermouse

Algarve, Portugal

Spotted on Sep 17, 2011
Submitted on Sep 17, 2011

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