Dendriopoterium Species, Tamadaba Kelp

Endemic to the island of Gran Canaria, this plant differs from Dendriopoterium pulidoi in having very large leaf-like stipules with entir...Read Moree margins where the leaf is attached to the stem; and in having smaller size fruits, called nutlets, which only reach 2 mm (approx one-tenth of an inch) in diameter. This plant displays an interesting floral habit - individual flowers are either male or female but both exist in each catkin like flowering head. The bottom half contains all the male flowers and the upper part all the female ones, thus on any given plant, the male flowers open first, increasing the chances of cross pollination.