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Turnera subulata
Also called White Alder, White Butter Cup, Cuban Buttercup
In Singapore: White Alder, Sulphur Alder, Dark-eyed Turnera, White Buttercup, Politician's Flower (Naturalised in Singapore)
Turnera subulata is a subshrub in the Turneraceae family, with its common name politician's flower and several other names; it is widely grown as a garden flower and can become weedy. Give it full sun to part shade, moderate water and well-drained soil, and it will flower freely in warm conditions.
Turnera subulata is a species of flowering subshrub in the passionflower family known by the common names white buttercup, sulphur alder, politician's flower, dark-eyed turnera, and white alder. Despite its names, it is not related to the buttercups or the alders. It is native to Central and South America, from Panama south to Brazil. It is well known in many other places as an introduced species, such as Malaysia, Indonesia, several other Pacific Islands, the Caribbean, and Florida in the United States.
It is commonly cultivated as a garden flower, but because of its high adaptability, it is also known as a garden weed.
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[Contains information from Leaf Area Index (LAI) and Heritage Trees from data.gov.sg (National Parks Board), made available under the terms of the Singapore Open Data Licence version 1.0]
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The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.
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.
