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Matourea azurea
Also called Brazilian Snapdragon
In Singapore: Amazon Blue, Brazilian Snapdragon (Cultivated in Singapore)
Amazon Blue (Matourea azurea) is a Brazilian subshrub grown for its blue flowers, which resemble snapdragons. It needs warm, humid conditions and bright light, so it is usually grown in greenhouses or warm climates.
Matourea azurea, the Amazon blue, is a species of shrub in the family Plantaginaceae. It is a subshrub native to Espírito Santo and Rio de Janeiro states in southeastern Brazil.
[Contains information from Leaf Area Index (LAI) and Heritage Trees from data.gov.sg (National Parks Board), made available under the terms of the Singapore Open Data Licence version 1.0]
Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Matourea azurea by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.
The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.
Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.
