Flower Quiz

Jim from Road to Parnassus recently set a great quiz, and I was reminded that it is now a very long time since I did one of my flower or object quizzes. 

TWO PURPLE FLOWERS

I have searched for the above wildflower whenever I have been in the right location, but have only discovered it once. It can be found in various shades including white, pink, mauve and purple. 

1. What is the plants Latin name?

2. Common name?

3. What family does it belong to?

4. The region and the habitat where it grows - e.g riverside, meadow, forest etc?

The above flower is much smaller than it appears - it is roughly 4cms in diameter - look very carefully at the photo, the clue is there!

The plant above resides in our bathroom where it has been flowering continuously for the past three months. It has three very simple petals and tends to live for about three days, and then another one quickly replaces it. Its location and the way it lives is the polar opposite to the first flower.

The same questions apply again:-

1. The Latin name,

2. Common name.,

3. Family it belongs to 

4. Region where it grows and habitat.

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