Biology:Pavonia multiflora

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Short description: Species of flowering plant

Pavonia multiflora
Malvaceae - Pavonia × gledhillii-001.jpg
Flowers
Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Malvales
Family: Malvaceae
Genus: Pavonia
Species:
P. multiflora
Binomial name
Pavonia multiflora
Synonyms[1]
  • Malvaviscus multiflorus (A.St.-Hil.) Spach
  • Pavonia lanceolata Colla
  • Pavonia wioti E.Morren
  • Triplochlamys multiflora (A.St.-Hil.) Ulbr.

Pavonia multiflora, the Brazilian candles or many flowers, is a species of flowering plant in the Hibisceae tribe of the mallow family Malvaceae. It is an evergreen shrub native to Brazil.

Reaching a height of 1.5–2.5 metres (4 ft 11 in–8 ft 2 in), it has dark green and glossy foliage. The leaves are lance-shaped, about six inches long. The red or dark pink bracts surround cone-shaped purple upright flowers - about 6 cm across - with protruding dark blue stamens. The flowering period usually extends from late Spring to early Fall, but in the right conditions this plant can bloom all winter long.[2]

It is normally grown as a houseplant in temperate zones, where it requires a humid environment and temperatures above 10 °C (50 °F). It has gained the Royal Horticultural Society’s Award of Garden Merit.[3][4]

References

Wikidata ☰ Q15381865 entry