金铃花 Callianthe picta

  • Scientific Name: Callianthe picta (Gillies ex Hook. & Arn.) Donnell
  • Ref: Syst. Bot. 37:720. 2012
  • Synonyms:
    • Abutilon pictum (Gillies ex Hook. & Arn.) Walp.
    • A. pseudostriatum Hochr.
    • A. thompsonii Andre
    • Sida picta Gillies ex Hook. & Arn.
    • S. venosa A.Dietr.
  • English Common Name: redvein abutilon, red vein Indian mallow, redvein flowering maple, Chinese-lantern, red vein Chinese lantern
  • Chinese Common Name: 金铃花 jīnlíng∙huā
  • Japanese Common Name: キフアブチロン [黄斑アブチロン] kifuabuchiron, ショウジョウカ [猩猩花] shōjōka
  • Family: Malvaceae
  • Genus: Callianthe
  • Distribution:Cultivated. Beijing, Fujian, Hubei, Jiangsu, Liaoning, Yunnan, Zhejiang [native to South America (Brazil, Uruguay); cultivated worldwide].
  • Photo: 09/22/2011, Hailuogou, Sichuan
  • Note: Callianthe picta and C. striata (G.F.Dicks. ex Lindl.) Donnell are considered sometimes as a single species
Shrubs evergreen, to 1 m tall. Stipules subulate, ca. 8 mm, caducous; petiole 3-5 cm, glabrous; leaf blade palmately 3-5-lobed, 5-8 cm in diam., abaxially glabrous or sparsely stellate, margin serrate or dentate, apex long acuminate. Flowers solitary, axillary. Pedicel pendulous, 7-10 cm, glabrous. Calyx campanulate, ca. 2 cm, lobes 5, ovate-lanceolate, parted to 3/4 of calyx, densely brown stellate puberulent. Corolla orange, with purple veins, campanulate, ca. 3 cm in diam.; petals obovate, 3-5 cm, sparsely pilose abaxially. Filament tube ca. 3.5 cm. Ovary hairy, 10-loculed; style branches purple, longer than filament tube; stigma capitate. Fruit unknown. Fl. May-Jul.(Flora of China)

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