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Brunfelsia grandiflora

COMMON NAME

Royal purple brunfelsia, kiss-me-quick, and yesterday-today-and-tomorrow

TYPE

Shrub

FAMILY

Solanaceae

NOTES

The common name Yesterday Today and Tomorrow comes from the flowers which changes from one day to the next. The flower begin with blooms of violet colors, then change to pale lavender and then white. All parts of a plant are toxic, especially roots and fruits, to a lesser degree leaves.

GEOGRAPHIC REGION

South America

NATIVE HABITAT

An understorey plant in dense, moist primary forest and the more open secondary growth formations

WEB SOURCES

wikipedia.org

tropical.theferns.info