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Tibouchina heteromalla
This large purple flower, about the diameter of a tennis ball, was on a bush in the O'Reilly Botanical Gardens. Thanks to JillBlack for the ID. This flower is a native of Brazil.
Spotted on Apr 19, 2013
Submitted on Apr 28, 2013
2 Comments
Thanks again Jill!
I know it by its common name Lasiandra
On Wikipedia it is called Tibouchina heteromalla
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tibouchina_...