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Torenia fournieri
Like a wild pansy maybe?The showy flowers are velvety, pale violet and have deep purple blotches on the lower petals with yellow inside.
One plant with quite a few flowers on an abandoned patch of land where sooner or later there will be a house. Residential colony. Urban.
The name "Wishbone Flower" comes from the way the anthers arch and join at the tip when the flowers first open. Visiting bees break the wishbone while pollinating.( https://www.thespruce.com/growing-wishbo...)
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