Again Beautiful Shot On Wed, Mar 14, 2012 at 8:49 PM, raman <[email protected]> wrote:
> Blue Dawn Flower is a morning glory vine with a striking purple-blue color > flowers. Origin of the plant is uncertain, but it is widespread throughout > the tropical world. The flowers open in the morning and fade to magenta in > the evening. Blue Dawn Flower is a perennial with heart-shaped or 3-lobed > leaves and with flowers produced daily from a dense clustered > inflorescense. Blue Dawn Flower is commonly found at hill stations like > Nainital and Mussoorie, scrambling over fences and over woody plants, often > to their detriment. It is also found in south India. It has been described > as troublesome if left unchecked. But it is delight when in flower. This > plant can produce hundreds a fragile flowers everyday and since it works on > a 24 hour cycle it can leave a messy carpet below. The flowers are dark > blue in the morning to purple/magenta at noon and pink in the evening. The > next night they will curl fuchsia-shaped and fall to the ground the next > day or two. > > > http://dl.dropbox.com/u/43406542/Flora%20and%20Fauna/Plants%20of%20Bangalore/Ipomoea%20-%20Blue%20Dawn%20Flower/Blue%20Dawn%20Flower.html > > Raman > -- Regards Dr Balkar Singh Head, Deptt. of Botany and Biotechnology Arya P G College, Panipat Haryana-132103 09416262964
