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Garden nasturium

Tropaeolum majus

Photo by Elsa
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Description:

Popular garden plant that is also edible. Herbaceous annual plant with brightly coloured flowers ranging from yellow, through oranges and red with five petals and a characteristic long nectar spur at the rear. The leaves are large and circular.

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Tropaeolum majus

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Comments (3)
Elsa
Thank you both :) These flowers bring back childhood memories for me, visiting family and an auntie that put them in salads.
alicelongmartin
Many times we never really look closely at our flowers! Thanks.
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PublishedAugust 1, 2011

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