*Alyogyne* *huegelii* (Endl.) Fryxell Lillac Hibiscus This genus is not represented on our website, distinct from Hibiscus in flowers being usually blue in color (rarely orange or white), style 5-lobed at tip and epicalyx 3-6 lobed.
Evergreen subshrub to shrub up to 2 m tall; stem stellate hairy when young; leaves alternate, blabe 2-7 cm long, 5-7 lobed, with irregularly toothed lobes; flowers generally lilac-blue, sigly in leaf axils, 7-10 cm across; epicalyx lobes 6, linear, shorter than calyx, persistent; calyx stellate hairy; petals obovoid, overlapping; anthers in upper 2/3 of filament tube; style 5-lobed at tip; fruit a capsule, 2 cm long, ovoid, 5-chambered with many seeds. Cultivated in pots and beds, Sunnyvale California. Dr. Gurcharan Singh Retired Associate Professor SGTB Khalsa College, University of Delhi, Delhi-110007 Res: 932 Anand Kunj, Vikas Puri, New Delhi-110018. Phone: 011-25518297 Mob: 9810359089 http://www.gurcharanfamily.com/ http://people.du.ac.in/~singhg45/ -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "efloraofindia" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to indiantreepix+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to indiantreepix@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/indiantreepix. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
