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Sombriero

Clitoria fairchildiana

Photo by Dan Doucette
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Field Notes

Description:

pink bloom, in the pea family

Habitat:

tropical regions of new and old world

Notes:

I spotted this growing along the road in Bom Jardin. Interesting fact - This genus was named after the human female clitoris, for the flowers bear a resemblance to female pudenda.

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Clitoria fairchildiana

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PublishedJune 17, 2011

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