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My favorite color – Part 2

From amethyst to aubergine…  From lavender to lilac…  From periwinkle to plum…

Purple by any other name would still entice the eyes like the most powerful aphrodisiac.

Winecup (a.k.a. purple poppy mallow; Callirhoe involucrata) (20080701_08824)
Wild petunia (a.k.a. common wild petunia, violet wild petunia or violet ruellia; Ruellia nudiflora) (20080614_06538)
Purple horsemint (a.k.a. lemon beebalm, horsemint, lemon-mint or plains horsemint; Monarda citriodora) (20080601_06054)

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Photos:

[1] Winecup (a.k.a. purple poppy mallow; Callirhoe involucrata)

[2] Wild petunia (a.k.a. common wild petunia, violet wild petunia or violet ruellia; Ruellia nudiflora)

[3] Purple horsemint (a.k.a. lemon beebalm, horsemint, lemon-mint or plains horsemint; Monarda citriodora)