Info: Entire plant / May 18, 2023 / Sandhills Horticultural Gardens Pinehurst, NC (Visitor center) / License: All rights reserved
Caption: Lizard's tale #454; RAB p. 356, 50-1-1; AG p. 446, 92-1-1, "Greek for lizard's tail, an allusion to the shape of the flower." MBG, "Genus name comes from the Greek words sauros meaning a lizard and oura meaning a tail from the dense spicate inflorescence.