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Tibouchina heteromalla

Tibouchina heteromalla

Photo by ShannaB
Published on Project Noah
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Field Notes

Notes:

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.

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Tibouchina heteromalla

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JillBlack
I know it by its common name Lasiandra On Wikipedia it is called Tibouchina heteromalla http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tibouchina_heteromalla
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PublishedApril 28, 2013

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