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Pavonia praemorsa
Also called Yellow Pavonia, Yellow Swampmallow
Pavonia praemorsa, commonly referred to as yellow mallow, and sometimes as yellow pavonia, shell flower, butter bits and yellow butter bits is a species of flowering shrub in the mallow family. It is native to the southern coast of South Africa, and produces bright yellow flowers, which bloom and die over the course of a single day. It is drought-resistant and can survive low temperatures, despite mainly growing in the subtropics. Its flowers are also attractive to multiple pollinators.
Pavonia ×gledhillii · Spearleaf swampmallow · Texas swampmallow · Brazilian Candles · Pavonia strictiflora · Swampmallow
Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Pavonia praemorsa 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.
