Accession Data

Abutilon hybridum

Common Name: Chinese Lantern

Family: Malvaceae

Country of Origin: Brazil

Description: This specimen is a yellow/green variegated cultigen of garden origin - A. darwinii x A. pictum; Usually glabrate, soft-woody shrubs; leaves unlobed or 3-5 lobed, green or variegated; flowers mostly solitary, on lon elongate axillary peduncles, often nodding, calyx to about 1 inch long, petals to about 2 inches long, in various shades and patterns of white, red, yellow, and orange.

Accession Data

USDA Zone: 9b

Accession #: 201500131

Accession Date: 2015-11-02 00:00:00

Bloom Status: 🪴 Not Flowering

Location: 3310

Quantity: 3

Source: UConn Floriculture

Culture: Prefers winter dormancy with temps around 60F and reduced water, though never completely dry.

Classification

Division: Magnoliophyta

Class: Magnoliopsida

Subclass: eurosid II

Order: Malvales

Family: Malvaceae

SubFamily: Malvoideae

Tribe: Malveae

Flowering Data:

This accession has been observed in bloom on:
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