Abutilon pictum

Plant Characteristics

Habit		shrub
Height:	⇕	15 ft"ft" can not be assigned to a declared number type with value 15.
Width:	⇔	8 ft"ft" can not be assigned to a declared number type with value 8.
Lifespan:	⌛	perennial
Origin:	✈	Brazil
Bloom:	❀	early spring, mid spring, late spring, early summer, mid summer, late summer

Cultivation

Exposure:	☼	sun
Features:	✓	flowers
USDA Zones:		9 to 12
Flower features:	❀	red, orange, yellow, pink

Scientific Names

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Abutilon pictum (Redvein Abutilon; syn. A. striatum) is a species of Abutilon native to Brazil and Argentina. It is a shrub growing to 5 m tall, with leaves 5–15 cm long, three- to five- (rarely seven-) lobed. The flowers are yellow to red, prominently veined darker red, with five petals 2–4 cm long.

It is a popular ornamental plant in subtropical gardens, and has become naturalised in Central America.

Read about Abutilon pictum in the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture

Abutilon pictum, Walp. (A. striatum, Hort., at least in part, not Dickson). Strong and hardy free-blooming species, with lvs. green or variegated , and glabrous or thinly pubescent, the middle lobe usually about equaling or sometimes shorter than the undivided part of the lf. and wedge-shape or tapering from the base: calyx about 1 in. long, cleft about to its middle, brownish pubescent: corolla less than 1 1/2 in. long, orange or yellow, veined crimson. S. Brazil to Buenos Ayres.—Has been confused with A. striatum.CH The above text is from the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture. It may be out of date, but still contains valuable and interesting information which can be incorporated into the remainder of the article. Click on "Collapse" in the header to hide this text.

Cultivation

Abutilon pictum can grow in light shade or full sun and requires moist soil. It grows well in sandy, loamy and clay soils. The plant prefers acid, neutral and basic soils.

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Varieties

• 'Thompsonii' - yellow-mottled leaves

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References

• Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture, by L. H. Bailey, MacMillan Co., 1963

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