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|genus=Abutilon
|genus=Abutilon
|species=megapotamicum
|species=megapotamicum
|common_name=Trailing Abutilon
|common_name=Trailing Abutilon, Chinese lantern
|name_ref=Flora - A Gardener's Encyclopedia
|habit=shrub
|habit=shrub
|habit_ref=Flora - A Gardener's Encyclopedia
|Max ht box=8
|Max ht metric=ft
|height_ref=Flora - A Gardener's Encyclopedia
|Max wd box=8
|Max wd metric=ft
|width_ref=Flora - A Gardener's Encyclopedia
|origin=Argentina, Brazil, Uruguay
|origin=Argentina, Brazil, Uruguay
|lifespan=perennial
|lifespan=perennial
|life_ref=Flora - A Gardener's Encyclopedia
|exposure=sun
|sun_ref=Flora - A Gardener's Encyclopedia
|features=flowers
|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
|flowers=red, orange, yellow
|Temp Metric=°F
|Temp Metric=°F
|min_zone=8
|min_zone=8
|max_zone=10.5
|usda_ref=Flora - A Gardener's Encyclopedia
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|max_zone=10
|image=Abutilonmegapotamicum1web.jpg
|image=Abutilonmegapotamicum1web.jpg
|image_width=240
|image_width=240
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'''''Abutilon megapotamicum''''' ('''Trailing Abutilon'''; [[synonymy|syn.]] ''A. vexillarium'') is a species of ''[[Abutilon]]'' native to [[Argentina]], [[Brazil]] and [[Uruguay]]. It is a [[shrub]] growing to 2.5 m tall, with [[leaf|leaves]] 5–8 cm long, ovate to shallowly three-lobed. The [[flower]]s are orange-yellow with a red base, with five petals about 4 cm long.
'''''Abutilon megapotamicum''''' ('''Trailing Abutilon'''; [[synonymy|syn.]] ''A. vexillarium'') is a species of ''[[Abutilon]]'' native to [[Argentina]], [[Brazil]] and [[Uruguay]]. It is a [[shrub]] growing to 2.5 m tall, with [[leaf|leaves]] 5–8 cm long, ovate to shallowly three-lobed. The [[flower]]s are orange-yellow with a red base, with five petals about 4 cm long.
It is a popular [[ornamental plant]] in subtropical [[garden]]s.
It is a popular [[ornamental plant]] in subtropical [[garden]]s.
