flowering tillandsia ionatha druid

plant flower nature grass leaf tree wildflower green branch shrub produce garden blossom thorns herb wildlife flowering tillandsia ionatha druid acaulescent shortly caulescent plants size 6–8 high leaves 4–9 long pods 0 6–1 wide densely patent fabric narrow triangular sheets 0 3-0 4 dense lepidota indument foliaceous bracts compound inflorescence simple appearance reduction spikes 1-3 flowers primary longer floral sepals covering anthesis ecarinated inconspicuously nervate glabrous membranous sessile posterior carinate anterior purple petals capsules 2 5-4 long