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Old 05-08-2007, 09:20 PM posted to rec.gardens
Rachael Simpson Rachael Simpson is offline
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Default This blue flower

Charles wrote:
On Sun, 5 Aug 2007 13:09:11 -0500, "Manelli Family"
wrote:

Can someone identify this blue flower growing wild in a friend's garden in
Texas?

http://pic20.picturetrail.com/VOL148.../269852704.jpg

Thanks



Might be a ruellia, sometimes known as Mexican petunia.


So maybe I was on track with the petunia thought......

try these sites for comparison:

http://home.att.net/~larvalbugbio/ruellia.html

http://cals.arizona.edu/pima/gardeni...ittoniana.html