Malvaceae Week: Abutilon hybridum from California
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Gurcharan Singh
Sep 4, 2011, 1:27:41 PM9/4/11
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Abutilon × hybridum Voss, Vilm. Blumengartn. ed. 3, 1: 135, 1894
Common name: Chinese lantern (name also shared by Physalis alkengi)
Shrub up to 2 m tall with soft-wood; leaves usually 3-5 lobed, green or variegated; flowers solitary often nodding like a lantern when young, expanding when mature, usually red or orange with various patterns; calyx about 2.5 cm long; petals 4-5 cm long.
Photographed in California, often planted in private houses.
Dr. Gurcharan Singh
Retired Associate Professor
SGTB Khalsa College, University of Delhi, Delhi-110007
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Balkar Arya
Sep 4, 2011, 1:35:10 PM9/4/11
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Great So colorfull--
Regards
Dr Balkar Singh
Head, Deptt. of Botany and Biotechnology
Arya P G College, Panipat
Haryana-132103
09416262964
Regards
Dr Balkar Singh
Head, Deptt. of Botany and Biotechnology
Arya P G College, Panipat
Haryana-132103
09416262964
Ushadi micromini
Sep 4, 2011, 9:02:00 PM9/4/11
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yes, sepals are quite distinctive...
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