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This Strange Plant Has Flowers with Petals Shaped Like Hummingbirds In Flight

Yayınlanma: 17 July 2024 - 23:39

When Redditor Octopus Prime shared plant photo, which resemble a hummingbird, the internet went crazy and be viral. It is completely natural and it appears to look like some sort of origami hummingbird. Some people started to find out how you can grow them in your own garden. Instantly, everyone was wondering where this plant came from and what benefit it received from looking like a bird.s

Scientifically referred to as Crotalaria cunninghamii, it belongs to the legume family that also includes the edible chickpea and alfalfa. It's a perennial shrub, by definition, and is native to the sandy dunes of inland northern Australia. Interestingly enough, there are no hummingbirds down under, yet this plant thrives in this specific part of the world. Needless to say, people on the Reddit post were in absolute awe of the plant and began sharing it elsewhere making it go pretty viral.