Derivation of specific name
provided by Flora of Zimbabwe
grandiflora: large flowered
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- Mark Hyde, Bart Wursten and Petra Ballings
- bibliographic citation
- Hyde, M.A., Wursten, B.T. and Ballings, P. (2002-2014). Abutilon grandiflorum G. Don Flora of Zimbabwe website. Accessed 28 August 2014 at http://www.zimbabweflora.co.zw/speciesdata/species.php?species_id=138860
- author
- Mark Hyde
- author
- Bart Wursten
- author
- Petra Ballings
Description
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Annual or biennial small herbaceous shrub, 0.75-1.5 m tall. Stems grey-green to olive, velvety, branched fro the base. Leaves alternate, broadly ovate-cordate, green, slightly paler below; margins coarsely serrate. Flowers in axillary on the main branches on long pedicels, 3-5.5 cm in diameter, yellow. Calyx lobes triangular to ovate lanceolate with a long pointed apex. Fruit depressed-spherical, 13 × 20 mm., stellate hairy. The flower often remain closed on overcast days, opening very quickly when the sun comes out.
- license
- cc-by-nc
- copyright
- Mark Hyde, Bart Wursten and Petra Ballings
- bibliographic citation
- Hyde, M.A., Wursten, B.T. and Ballings, P. (2002-2014). Abutilon grandiflorum G. Don Flora of Zimbabwe website. Accessed 28 August 2014 at http://www.zimbabweflora.co.zw/speciesdata/species.php?species_id=138860
- author
- Mark Hyde
- author
- Bart Wursten
- author
- Petra Ballings
Insects whose larvae eat this plant species
provided by Flora of Zimbabwe
Gomalia elma (Green-marbled skipper or -sandman)
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- cc-by-nc
- copyright
- Mark Hyde, Bart Wursten and Petra Ballings
- bibliographic citation
- Hyde, M.A., Wursten, B.T. and Ballings, P. (2002-2014). Abutilon grandiflorum G. Don Flora of Zimbabwe website. Accessed 28 August 2014 at http://www.zimbabweflora.co.zw/speciesdata/species.php?species_id=138860
- author
- Mark Hyde
- author
- Bart Wursten
- author
- Petra Ballings
