红萼苘麻 Callianthe megapotamica

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  • Scientific Name: Callianthe megapotamica (A.Spreng.) Dorr
  • Ref: Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 127:1271. 2014
  • Synonyms:
    • Abutilon inflatum Garcke & K.Schum.
    • Abutilon megapotamicum (A.Spreng.) A.St.-Hil. & Naudin
    • Periptera megapotamica (A.Spreng.) G.Don
    • Sida megapotamica A.Spreng.
  • English Common Name: trailing abutilon, Tyrolean lamp
  • Chinese Common Name: 红萼苘麻 hóng’è qǐngmá
  • Japanese Common Name: ウキツリボク [浮釣木] ukitsuriboku, チロリアンランプ (Tyrolean lamp) chirorianranpu
  • Family: Malvaceae
  • Genus: Callianthe
  • Distribution: native to Argentina, Brazil and Uruguay, popular in subtropical gardens as ornamental plant.
  • Photo: 02/16/2013, South China Botanical Garden, Guangdong
Shrub growing to 2.5 metres tall, with leaves 5–8 centimetres long, ovate to shallowly three-lobed. The flowers are orange-yellow with a red base, with five petals about 4 centimetres long. (wikipedia.org)
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