Plant found in favourite area around university (7)
I believe the answer is:
petunia
'plant found in' is the definition.
'petunia' can be an answer for 'plant' (I've seen this before). I'm unsure of the 'found in' bit.
'favourite area around university' is the wordplay.
'favourite' becomes 'pet' ('pet' can be a synonym of 'favourite').
'area' becomes 'a' (maths abbreviation).
'around' means one lot of letters goes inside another.
'university' becomes 'uni' (I've seen this in other clues**).
'pet'+'a'='peta'
'peta' going around 'uni' is 'PETUNIA'.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for petunia that I've seen before include "Common bedding plant" , "Bloomer" , "Common garden plant" , "Flower - tuna pie (anag)" , "Flowering plant" .)