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Darwin's Mallow

Callianthe darwinii

Darwin's Mallow
Photo: Frédéric Burvenich, Oswald de Kerchove de Denterchem, Édouard Pynaert, Émile Rodigas, August Van Geert & Hubert J. van H, Public domain
Family
Malvaceae (Mallow family)
Grows as
Shrub
Native range
Brazil (Paraná, Santa Catarina)
Climate
subtropical

About

Callianthe darwinii is a shrub typically growing 2 m tall, native to Paraná and Santa Catarina states in southern Brazil. The flowers are pink.

Uses

Callianthe darwinii is a popular ornamental plant in hot regions with a humid climate.

Other Callianthe plants

Trailing abutilon · Callianthe elegans · Painted Indian Mallow · Flowering Maple · Callianthe

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Callianthe darwinii by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts are shared under the same licence.

Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.

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