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Blue Plambago

Plumbago auriculata

Description:

A bundle of flowers I found while going through my pictures in my deviantart account. ---- Plumbago is an evergreen shrub with whip-like semiwoody stems that form a loose, rounded mound 3-10 ft (0.9-3 m)high with a similar spread. The oblong leaves are a fresh, light yellowish green color. The sky blue flowers are 1 in (2.5 cm) long tubes expanding into 5 petals spreading about 1 in across. The flowers are borne in rounded terminal clusters 6 in (15 cm) across and look quite a bit like phlox flowers. Plumbago blooms all year long except for the coldest winter months. The cultivar, 'Royal Cape' has intense cobalt blue flowers. (Floridata)

Habitat:

Pretty sure I found this in a garden somewhere :3

Notes:

Changes made, Thanks sirVal, Schuyler, and Nicholas for the ID! And lgCostaNut, I added it to the group. thanks too! :D

2 Species ID Suggestions

Nicholas4
Nicholas4 12 years ago
Plumbago
Plumbago europaea Plumbago
ValB.Salares
ValB.Salares 12 years ago
Cape leadwort
Plumbago auriculata


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3 Comments

SchuylerMunden
SchuylerMunden 12 years ago

Plumbago species.. Blues are so hard to find in flowers..love the color!

LarryGraziano
LarryGraziano 12 years ago

Hey Rex, you can add this to the new mission the color blue:
http://www.projectnoah.org/missions/8382...

alicelongmartin
alicelongmartin 12 years ago

Good picture!

Little Rex
Spotted by
Little Rex

Iligan, Lanao Del Norte, Philippines

Spotted on Mar 24, 2010
Submitted on Jan 4, 2012

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