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Plumbaginaceae Plumbago auriculata 'Royal cape'

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Please help me identify this plant. It has: purple flowers with little sticky feet things, currently 12-24 inches tall and in a pot, lower part of stem is woody.

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Plumbaginaceae

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	Identifier		Family	Genus	Species	Research
	gardengeek August 19, 2012	Blue Plumbago	Plumbaginaceae	Plumbago	auriculata 'Royal cape'	Plumbago auriculata 'Royal cape' Web \| Images \| YouTube
AKA: Plumbago capensis, Blue plumbago, Cape plumbago,Cape leadwort,
	gardengeek August 19, 2012	Plumbago	Plumbaginaceae	Plumbago		Plumbago Web \| Images \| YouTube

Comment: Blue Plumbago, Plumbago auriculata 'Royal cape'

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Esselean

A good way of testing if it is a Plumbago is if it has lots of sticky hairs below the flower on the calyx.

August 18, 2012
15:41:37

sheenadee

Wow, Thanks for such quick responses. I added one more pic although unless you can zoom in on it, it may not be very helpful. There are 5 petals on each flower. The plants are not at my house so it may be a while before I get there to take additional pics; but, I will do that when I can. In the meantime, the Plumbago looks like it might be it from the pics I saw of that.
Thanks again!

August 17, 2012
21:39:35

gardengeek

I could guess though... Maybe it's a Plumbago.

August 17, 2012
21:22:24

gardengeek

I can't really see what the flower is shaped like. How many petals does it have? What do the inside parts of the flower look like? I will try my best if you can add a few more images. :)

August 17, 2012
21:20:55

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