Gorgeous Images Sir...... On Mon, Apr 23, 2012 at 7:20 PM, Gurcharan Singh <[email protected]> wrote:
> *Abutilon pictum* (Gillies ex Hooker) Walpers, Repert. Bot. Syst. 1: 324. > 1842. cultivar: 'Thompsonii' > syn: *Sida picta* Gillies ex Hooker ; *Abutilon striatum* Dickson ex > Lindley > > Common names: Painted Indian Mallow, Chinense cultivar > This cultivar with variegated leaves is known as 'Thompsonii' > > Evergreen shrub reaching 4 m with slender glabrous branches, 3-7 lobed > maple-like leaves, 7-15 cm long and broad, upper often unlobed (variegated > in this cultivar); flowers solitary on axilaary up to 15 cm long peduncles, > nodding; calyx deeply cleft, pubescent; petals 2-5 cm long, yellow or > orangish with often darker veins; staminal column slightly longer than > petals. > > Photographed from Kausani in April, grown in a private house. > -- > 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/ > > -- Regards Dr Balkar Singh Head, Deptt. of Botany and Biotechnology Arya P G College, Panipat Haryana-132103 09416262964
