I bought it at a local nursery and I thought they said it was a "baron's
tail". Of course I can't find anything like that on the internet or in
my gardener's encyclopedia. Here's a pictu

ftp://ftp.diy-efi.org/incoming/plant1.jpg

It had sort of a trailing bloom when I bought it but haven't seen it
since then. The "leaves" fall off very easily, and root right where
they fall.

thanks,
--steve