Canary flora > Exotic and ornamental
Abutilon striatum
Abutilon striatum G.F.Dicks. ex Lindl.
Redvein Abutilon, Redvein Flowering Maple, Chinese lantern
Deciduous or evergreen shrub, 1-2 m high, abundantly branched, with
spreading, usually tomentose stems.
Its deep green, velvety-textured leaves are usually stained yellow by the presence of a virus, which gives them their characteristic marbled or mottled effect.
They are simple, about 5-12 cm long by 3-11 cm wide, petiolate, cordate at the base, divided into 3-5 triangular, ovate or oblong lobes, acute or acuminate at the apex, coarsely crenulate or serrate at the edges, the central one being normally longer, and covered with short hairs, especially on the underside.
Its deep green, velvety-textured leaves are usually stained yellow by the presence of a virus, which gives them their characteristic marbled or mottled effect.
They are simple, about 5-12 cm long by 3-11 cm wide, petiolate, cordate at the base, divided into 3-5 triangular, ovate or oblong lobes, acute or acuminate at the apex, coarsely crenulate or serrate at the edges, the central one being normally longer, and covered with short hairs, especially on the underside.
They have solitary, pendulous flowers on axillary peduncles 3-11 cm
long, with a joint near the end.
The calyx is bell-shaped, 1.5-2.5 cm long, with a slightly inflated base, pentaparted, densely pubescent, and the corolla is more or less bell-shaped, 3-5 cm in diameter, with obovate petals about 2-3 cm long, rounded or truncated at the apex, yellowish, orange or pinkish in colour, with reddish nerves.
At its centre is a staminal column of the same length or slightly longer than the flower, of the same colour as the petals, with numerous anthers forming a fascicle towards the apex, and the stamens with style and capitate stigma of a purplish colour.Deciduous or evergreen shrub, 1-2 m high, abundantly branched, with spreading stems, normally tomentose.
Its deep green, velvety-textured leaves are usually stained yellow by the presence of a virus, which gives them their characteristic marbled or mottled effect.
They are simple, about 5-12 cm long by 3-11 cm wide, petiolate, cordate at the base, divided into 3-5 triangular, ovate or oblong lobes, acute or acuminate at the apex, coarsely crenulate or serrate at the edges, the central one being normally longer, and covered with short hairs, especially on the underside.
The calyx is bell-shaped, 1.5-2.5 cm long, with a slightly inflated base, pentaparted, densely pubescent, and the corolla is more or less bell-shaped, 3-5 cm in diameter, with obovate petals about 2-3 cm long, rounded or truncated at the apex, yellowish, orange or pinkish in colour, with reddish nerves.
At its centre is a staminal column of the same length or slightly longer than the flower, of the same colour as the petals, with numerous anthers forming a fascicle towards the apex, and the stamens with style and capitate stigma of a purplish colour.Deciduous or evergreen shrub, 1-2 m high, abundantly branched, with spreading stems, normally tomentose.
Its deep green, velvety-textured leaves are usually stained yellow by the presence of a virus, which gives them their characteristic marbled or mottled effect.
They are simple, about 5-12 cm long by 3-11 cm wide, petiolate, cordate at the base, divided into 3-5 triangular, ovate or oblong lobes, acute or acuminate at the apex, coarsely crenulate or serrate at the edges, the central one being normally longer, and covered with short hairs, especially on the underside.
The fruit is a globose schizocarp, with 8-11 reniform seeds, the higher
ones ascending, the lower ones pendulous or horizontal.
The flowering period is quite long, usually from early spring to late autumn.
It reproduces by seed or cuttings.
The flowering period is quite long, usually from early spring to late autumn.
It reproduces by seed or cuttings.
