Great So colorfull On Sun, Sep 4, 2011 at 10:57 PM, Gurcharan Singh <singh...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Abutilon × hybridum Voss, Vilm. Blumengartn. ed. 3, 1: 135, 1894 > > Common name: Chinese lantern (name also shared by Physalis alkengi) > > Shrub up to 2 m tall with soft-wood; leaves usually 3-5 lobed, green or > variegated; flowers solitary often nodding like a lantern when young, > expanding when mature, usually red or orange with various patterns; calyx > about 2.5 cm long; petals 4-5 cm long. > > Photographed in California, often planted in private houses. > > > -- > 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://people.du.ac.in/~singhg45/ > > -- Regards Dr Balkar Singh Head, Deptt. of Botany and Biotechnology Arya P G College, Panipat Haryana-132103 09416262964
