Saturday, October 11, 2025

October 11, 2025

This flower is known as a Butterfly Pea
From the top it kind of looks like a fat duck
It grows on trailing vines in pine forests
On the ground when it can't find a tree trunk.

Location: Kissimmee Prairie Preserve State Park

Sources: https://www.wildflower.org/plants/result.php?id_plant=cevi2

Photo and text © 2025 Dee Fairbanks Simpson

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