tags: NYC, Upper West Side, Manhattan, flowers, nature, image of the day
Egyptian Star Cluster, also known as the Star Flower, Pentas lanceolata.
Photographed on Manhattan's Upper West Side
near the corner of West 81st street and Central Park West.
Image: GrrlScientist, 11 June 2009 [larger view].
Can anyone identify this cultivated flower?
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tags: NYC, Upper West Side, Manhattan,
tags: NYC, Upper West Side, Manhattan,
tags: NYC, Upper West Side, Manhattan,
tags: NYC, Upper West Side, Manhattan,
Hah. I was thinking nicotiana, but then I found the Penta Lanciolata, and I think that's what this is.