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Life and death I don't know the flower's specie name, but found it interesting to see a dead one and a vividly alive one so close to each other. This flower was found on the edge of Lake Tritriva, a crater lake in Madagascar. Buddleja madagascariensis,Geotagged,Lake Tritriva,Madagascar Click/tap to enlarge Species introCountry intro

Life and death

I don't know the flower's specie name, but found it interesting to see a dead one and a vividly alive one so close to each other. This flower was found on the edge of Lake Tritriva, a crater lake in Madagascar.

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The Buddleja madagascariensis

''Buddleja madagascariensis'', also known as smokebush, is an evergreen shrub or climbing vine endemic to Madagascar, where it grows amongst scrub on mountain slopes to elevations of 600–2,000 metres . The species was first named and described by Lamarck in 1792, and introduced to cultivation in 1827. Popular around the world as an ornamental, ''B. madagascariensis'' has widely naturalized and is now classified as an invasive species in Hawaii and New Zealand ; it can also be found growing wild.. more

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Similar species: Lamiales
Species identified by WildFlower
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By Ferdy Christant

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Uploaded Dec 26, 2012. Captured Sep 5, 2012 15:46 in accès vers tritriva, Madagascar.
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  • NIKON D7000
  • f/5.3
  • 1/200s
  • ISO2800
  • 75mm
Captured in the winter. More winter photos.