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|familia=Nyctaginaceae
|familia=Malvaceae
|genus=Abutilon
|genus=Abutilon
|species=pictum
|species=pictum
|common_name=Chinese lantern
|name_ref=Flora - A Gardener's Encyclopedia
|habit=shrub
|habit=shrub
|habit_ref=Flora - A Gardener's Encyclopedia
|Max ht box=15
|Max ht box=15
|Max ht metric=ft
|Max ht metric=ft
|Min wd box=6
|height_ref=Flora - A Gardener's Encyclopedia
|Max wd box=8
|Max wd box=15
|Max wd metric=ft
|Max wd metric=ft
|width_ref=Flora - A Gardener's Encyclopedia
|origin=Brazil
|origin=Brazil
|lifespan=perennial
|lifespan=perennial
|life_ref=Flora - A Gardener's Encyclopedia
|exposure=sun
|sun_ref=Flora - A Gardener's Encyclopedia
|features=flowers
|flower_season=early spring, mid spring, late spring, early summer, mid summer, late summer
|flower_ref=Flora - A Gardener's Encyclopedia
|flowers=red, orange, yellow, pink
|Temp Metric=°F
|Temp Metric=°F
|min_zone=8
|min_zone=9
|max_zone=10.5
|usda_ref=Flora - A Gardener's Encyclopedia
|max_zone=12
|image=Sinochines1.jpg
|image=Sinochines1.jpg
|image_width=240
|image_width=240
|image_caption=''Abutilon pictum'' flower
|image_caption=''Abutilon pictum'' flower
}}
}}
'''''Abutilon pictum''''' ('''Redvein Abutilon'''; [[synonymy|syn.]] ''A. striatum'') is a species of ''[[Abutilon]]'' native to [[Brazil]] and [[Argentina]]. It is a [[shrub]] growing to 5 m tall, with [[leaf|leaves]] 5–15 cm long, three- to five- (rarely seven-) lobed. The [[flower]]s are yellow to red, prominently veined darker red, with five petals 2–4 cm long.
'''''Abutilon pictum''''' ('''Redvein Abutilon'''; [[synonymy|syn.]] ''A. striatum'') is a species of ''[[Abutilon]]'' native to [[Brazil]] and [[Argentina]]. It is a [[shrub]] growing to 5 m tall, with [[leaf|leaves]] 5–15 cm long, three- to five- (rarely seven-) lobed. The [[flower]]s are yellow to red, prominently veined darker red, with five petals 2–4 cm long.
It is a popular [[ornamental plant]] in subtropical [[garden]]s, and has become [[naturalised]] in [[Central America]].
It is a popular [[ornamental plant]] in subtropical [[garden]]s, and has become [[naturalised]] in [[Central America]].