my SFG has eyes

**Josh** Wed Aug 10, 2011 1:10 pm

I planted these in the SFG TT, and it has lots of eyes!
It is a eyeball plant or also called toothache plant, real name Spilanthes.
The flowers look like eyeballs.

My dad had a toothache and my mom gave him a leaf off the plant and had him chew it, it stopped the pain until he could get to the dentist.

I looked it up and this is what it said about how it stops the toothache pain:
The leaves and flower heads of this plant contain spilanthol, an active component that imparts analgesic property to these plant parts. Thus, simply chewing the leaf or flower provides a numbing effect and reduces toothache.

jkahn2eb Wed Aug 10, 2011 1:25 pm

That's awesome looking

**Furbalsmom** Wed Aug 10, 2011 2:16 pm

Neat looking plant.

Goosegirl Wed Aug 10, 2011 9:55 pm

EYE want one! cyclops

GG

boffer Wed Aug 10, 2011 10:16 pm

I keep tellin' ya...take pictures of those things in the right perspective along with a tomato hornworm, and you'll have a heck of a start on a 'B' movie sci-fi flick!

Chopper Wed Aug 10, 2011 10:27 pm

Good to know!

FamilyGardening Wed Aug 10, 2011 11:27 pm

wow...thanks so much for sharing....i had read about this plant ...its great to know someone tried it and it did work!!......does it only bloom once?....or will it come back next year on its own?

rose.....who needs to remember this plant so she can plant it next year Very Happy

capatl Wed Aug 10, 2011 11:50 pm

Cool plant! Just curious, do the 'eyes' also work as a natural defense from predators/pests?

Unmutual Thu Aug 11, 2011 2:01 am

boffer wrote:I keep tellin' ya...take pictures of those things in the right perspective along with a tomato hornworm, and you'll have a heck of a start on a 'B' movie sci-fi flick!

Sounds like a great Bruce Campbell movie.

**Josh** Thu Aug 11, 2011 9:37 pm

It is a annual for my zone, it has a lot of flowers on it, I'll same some seed and anyone who would like to have some can just let me know. Very Happy

AprilakaCCIL Thu Aug 11, 2011 9:58 pm

Josh wrote:It is a annual for my zone, it has a lot of flowers on it, I'll same some seed and anyone who would like to have some can just let me know.

Oh how cool looking!! Love the eye looking plant. Can I ask you to save me a few seeds. I can send you a envelope with postage on it. my SFG has eyes 109486

Hugs April

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