Petunia or Mustard? - 20170511_191049

So I have a confession to make. Sadly, I don't know what the names are for all of the beautiful plants that grow here in Florida. However, that does not make them any less beautiful or shareable. Today's subject is what I'm going to call the Long Purple Pretty Mc'Pretty Face.

The Long Purple Pretty Mc'Pretty Face may or may not be native to Florida, I know that the Long Purple Pretty Mc'Pretty Face grows in a shrub and that it has flower buds which resemble little flowers with green petals and black centres if I had to guess, which I am, I would say that the Long Purple Pretty Mc'Pretty Face is in the Petunia family. The shape of the flower petals, being one large petal, lead me to believe this. The broad tapering shape of the plant's leaves is another hint. That said; the elongated shape of the flower from the side and the long filaments with the flat round anthers make me think it's related to mustard.

Sigh, I am confused. It's either in the Solanales(petunia) or the Brassicales(Mustard) Orders, someone help!

Do you know the species name? If so please leave it in the comments below.

Today's mission should you choose to accept it, is to find a purple flower of a plant belonging to either the Brassicales or Solanales families and post it in the comments below.

As always, the two original photos with the most likes at the end of the week will be featured here on Saturday and Sunday for everyone to enjoy.

Be sure to check out @localbeautytampabay on Instagram, from time to time we will post our B-roll pictures for your enjoyment.

Don't forget to take more water than you think you will need on your flower hike!

XoXo

I will call it the Long Purple Pretty Mc'Pretty Face [OC] [2048x1152] [LGv20]

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