Common in open areas An ornamental plant. It is used to treat rheumatism. ca.
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uses
An ornamental plant. It is used to treat rheumatism. ca.
family
Turneraceae
synonym
Turnera alba Liebm.
description
Erect subshrubs; branchlets × glandular-pubescent. Leaves 4-12 1.5- 3.2 cm, lanceolate, base cuneate, decurrent with 2 glands, margins irregularly crenate- serrate, apex acute to acuminate, hairy on both sides; petiole 1-2.5 cm long. Flowers 3.5-4 cm across, axillary, solitary, homostylous; pedicel adnate to the petiole in the lower part, free above; bracteoles lanceolate, serrate, with 2 large marginal glands. Calyx densely appressed, pubescent; tube 1-1.3 cm long, funnel-shaped; lobes 7-10 mm long, lanceolate. Petals yellow, ca. 2 cm long, obovate, apex turncate. Ovary ovoid, pubescent, 1-celled; ovules many per cell; styles 3. Capsule 6-8 mm long, ovoid, hairy, 3-valved. Seeds many, elliptic, brown with white aril.
native range
South-Eastern USA, Southern Mexico, Central America and the Caribbean