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Garden Nasturtium

Tropaeolum majus

Description:

It is a herbaceous annual plant with trailing stems growing to 1 metre (3 ft 3 in) long or more. The leaves are large, nearly circular, 3 to 15 centimetres (1.2 to 5.9 in) diameter, green to glaucous green above, paler below; they are peltate, with the 5–30 cm long petiole near the middle of the leaf, with several veins radiating to the smoothly rounded or slightly lobed margin. The flowers are 2.5–6 cm diameter, with five petals, eight stamens, and a 2.5–3 cm long nectar spur at the rear; they vary from yellow to orange to red, frilled and often darker at the base of the petals. The fruit is 2 cm broad, three-segmented, each segment with a single large seed 1–1.5 cm long.

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Ana Rosa
Ana Rosa 10 years ago

Thank you DespinaTsafetopoulou! =)

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Ana Rosa

Algarve, Portugal

Spotted on Apr 20, 2013
Submitted on May 28, 2013

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