Neglectia recurvispina 🥀 Common Name: The Curlthorn, or Patient Maw
🔬 Scientific Name: Neglectia recurvispina
🥀 Common Name: The Curlthorn, or Patient Maw
🌿 Classification:
Kingdom: Plantae
Order: Dolorosales
Family: Reclusiflorae
Genus: Neglectia
Species: recurvispina
🧬 Morphology:
A tightly coiled, spined floral mass resembling a clump of barbed tendons wrapped in descending spiral forms. Each spine is backward-hooked, and sheathed in a translucent cartilage membrane. The center of the plant houses a single bloom-eye: a polished bone disc lined with cilia that detect breath shadows.
🧴 Osteofusion:
Will not attach to active tissue. Instead, it bonds to bones left untouched — scapulae from burials without naming, knuckles never held. Once fused, it draws from the surrounding architectural silence to produce rootfolds that echo forgotten... See more