Re: Plant Identification
Looks like some kind of bauhinia to me.
Nan
>I have a plant that is coming up in my yard that I'm not sure as to what
>it is. It's come up as a few volunteer plants from my neighbor's plants. I
>would ask her, but she's out of town for a few weeks. Anyway, I have a
>scan of the flower and a typical leaf here:
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>http://student.monterey.edu/dh/garciabarryjames/world/images/flower.gif
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>The flower is a bit deeper pink than the scan shows. The leaf has an
>interesting rubbery texture to it, and it seems to actually be a shrub
>(the base looks woody, and older plants in my neighbor's yard are
>shrubby). I've never seen this particular plant before, and I dont mind
>it coming up in the yard because it's another attractive free plant that I
>get :).
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>All the simple things are simply too complicated for my life
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Nan Sterman
San Diego County California
Sunset zone 24, USDA hardiness zone 10b or 11