Seeking ID for these Blue Flowers

[Ramjee Gmail]

Dear Friends,

 

Vanakkam! Greetings from Chennai, Tamil Nadu/

 

Not sure if this is a wild flower… I got to see this plant with beautiful light-blue coloured flowers, that looked like its very leaves having changed its colour, in the neighbourhood.

Seeking help to recognize the plant id.

 

Thank you.

Regards,

 

ramjee

 

[Madhuri Pejaver]

if some body has recognised this as aboli or wild aboli its wrong. aboli belongs to family Acantheaceae. it has inflorencence with bracts. it is a small shrub with height upto about 2 feet. leaves are of about 1 to2 inches long sorry to say but this is not the one identified please see the difference in androecium and gynoecium too madhuri --- On Sat, 7/12/08, Ramjee Gmail <ramj...@gmail.com> wrote:

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[Anand Kumar Bhatt]

PLUMBAGO AURICULATA?

AKBHATT

[J.M. Garg]

At first sight, it looks like it (Plumbago auriculata). Pl. see the link for pictures:http://images.google.co.in/images?hl=en&q=PLUMBAGO%20AURICULATA&um=1&ie=UTF-8&sa=N&tab=wi & for details: http://www.floridata.com/ref/P/plumbago.cfm

Here are some extracts from Wikipedia link on Plumbago auriculata: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plumbago_auriculata

Plumbago auriculata, also called Plumbago capensis, Blue plumbago, Cape blumbago or Cape leadwort, is a well known houseplant originally from South Africa.^[1][2]

Plumbago auriculata grows fast and to 1.8 meters (6 feet) tall. It has light blue to blue flowers and also variations with white (Plumbago auriculata var. alba) or deep blue (Plumbago auriculata 'Royal cape') flowers. The leaves are green and grow to 5 cm (2 in) long.^[2][1]

It grows well in a container outdoors and can be watered freely in the summer. To get the flowers to appear, the plumbago requires a warm place in full sun or partial shade.^[2]

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[J.M. Garg]

Here is reply from Vijay Shankar ji:

"Mr. Ramjee

This is called Neela Chitramoolam (Blue-flowered Plumbago) in Tamil. Commonly planted in gardens, especially along edges, for ornamental purpose. Scientific name is Plumbago auriculata. Its relatives such as Plumbago indica/ P. rosea (red flowered) and P. zeylanica (white-flowered) are wild and widely used in medicine.

regards

RVS"

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[Ramjee Gmail]

Dear Friends,

 

Vanakkam! Greetings from Chennai, Tamil Nadu.

 

Am happy that I've become a member of this group. Wow, am feeling happy that I've learnt the names of two plants in the recent past. I would be grateful to all if you could add a few sentences about the plant like Mr. Vijay Shankar has done for my query. This helps me do my sharing of learning during my nature trails, a little more effectively.

 

The yellow flower I had shared with these is definitely not Cassia tora, which these days am able to recognize with my new-found-knowledge, very easily in the wild with their long characteristic pods.

 

Thank you all once again for helping me learn.

 

With kind regards,

 

ramjee

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[Mahadeswara Swamy]

It is Plumbago zeylanica.
Dr. Mahadeswara swamy

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[J.M. Garg]

Hi, Mahadeswara ji,

Thanks for the feedback. But Plumbago zeylanica appears to be different from the one posted & identified as Plumbago auriculata earlier against this post. Here is a link for Plumbago zeylanica: http://www.plantoftheweek.org/week187.shtml

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[weedy]

I have this - plumbago auriculata, growing in my garden for years. Has
stopped gaining height at about two feet. Blooms in temperate weather.
I suppose this is not the variety that is used for medicinal purposes
then, going by a post in this thread.

BTW, would it be easier to read threads, and also take up less of
virtual space if we deleted the quoted tail of messages in our
replies...they come in order after all; and we can always insert
someone's quote.

RKC