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Blue/Cape Plumbago

Plumbago auriculata

Photo by Saarbrigger
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Field Notes

Description:

the bunch of flowers was about the szize of a teenager fist

Habitat:

at the coast, nearby houses

Reference Links:

Plumbago auriculata

Species ID Suggestions

cape plumbago

Plumbago auriculata

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KarenSaxton
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Comments (6)
Saarbrigger
@Ashish: It was more liek a bush and as I saw the pictures in the web of "Acanthaceae" it looks moire liek a singel flower. @Karen, Susan and Alice: More and more I come to the conclusion it could be a Plumbago. If it was ticky I do not remember. On think is mixing me up the bunch of flowers look for me liek as if they would grow a bit different as a Plumbago.
alicelongmartin
This is Plumbago. Was it sticky, catching onto your hair or clothes. You may have a different name.
Ashish
Daedalacanthus is its Synonym.
Ashish
Aren't these are from Eranthemum...? (Acanthaceae)
Saarbrigger
@Susan, your suggestion brought me to "Plumbago auriculata", but I'm not sure. Looks really like a typ of "Plumbago..."

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PublishedAugust 5, 2011

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