Abutilon fraseri
Abutilon fraseri commonly known as dwarf lantern-flower, is a flowering plant in the family Malvaceae and is endemic to Australia. It is a small shrub with yellow flowers.
Description
Abutilon fraseri is a small upright undershrub to high and covered with soft, short, star-shaped hairs and long simple hairs. The leaves are more or less circular to oval-shaped, long, heart-shaped at the base, margins roughly toothed, scalloped, rounded or almost pointed at the apex. The calyx about long, corolla yellow, long, lobes broadly lance-shaped and longer than the floral tube. Flowering occurs mostly in spring and summer and the usually 10 fruit are in diameter and long, green and containing 2 seeds.
Taxonomy and naming
Abutilon fraseri was first formally described in 1851 by Wilhelm Gerhard Walpers from an unpublished description by William [Jackson Hooker] and the description was published in Annales Botanices Systematicae. The specific epithet is in honour of Malcolm Fraser.
Distribution and habitat
Dwarf lantern-flower grows in rocky situations in Queensland, Victoria, Western Australia, South Australia and the Northern Territory.