Maybe a Bauhinia?


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elizabeth, Baton Rouge, LA
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"Jimbo" wrote in message
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I am in S. Texas. This week some unknown tree has bloomed in
town, and it
has the most magnificent large purple blossoms I have ever seen.
They are
pretty rare here....I suspect it is because it is not a native
species. The
tree is large but doesn't (I don't think) grow as tall as an
oak. The
leaves are fairly wide and rounded in shape. I thought it might
be a
Magnolia Galaxy, but the blossoms don't look like magnolia at
all. I can't
find a good on-line pictorial reference to use for ID'ing
unknown trees and
plants.