Wednesday, December 28, 2011

Wildflower update - Common floss flower

The roads around mysore were lined with these white/pale lilac flossy flowers. A friend obliged with a picture and Kehimkar's book, as always, helped identify it as the Common floss flower - an aggressive invader that attracts butterflies.

2 comments:

radha said...

The picture is lovely. Never thought the plant we see so often was actually so beautiful!

Melbourne Australia Photos said...

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