Today's flower like yesterday's is a variety of Lamiaceae which are part of the mint or deadnettle family.
This particular plant is Salvia microphylla "Hot Lips" and it is easy to see how it gets the name. I wonder if the name was also inspired by the character Hot Lips Houlihan from the movie and TV show M.A.S.H.
Whatever the inspiration this is a lovely little flower and deserving of a place in my daily blog.
I called today's post nature's jewels because I think these lovely delicate flowers are like earings. They also resemble little birds or perhaps colourful flying fish.
They are really delicate and small and easily overlooked but well worth a closer look to see the speckled pink flowers nestled against the lush green foliage.
The plant is a variety of LAMIACEAE called Bollota pseudo-dictamus that goes by the common name of False Dittany.
