About
A hairless shrub of southern and eastern Asia with some of the largest leaves in the genus and cupped golden flowers about 5 cm wide.
Care at a glance
- Pet safety
- Not recorded. We have no source on whether this plant is safe for cats, dogs or other pets — that is not the same as safe. Keep it out of reach until you have checked.
- People
- Not recorded.
- Mature size
- 1.8–2.4 m tall.
Field notes
Morphology
Grows 1.8–2.4 m tall with reddish-brown branches and close-grained wood. Leaves 5–10 cm long are greyish-green to rusty beneath. Deeply cupped golden-yellow flowers about 5 cm across are borne in few-flowered cymes.
Distribution & habitat
Southern India, the Himalayas, northwest Thailand to Bangladesh, and China; also recorded in California.
Ecology
Fed on by the aphids Aulacorthum solani, Myzus ornatus and Myzus persicae.
History & etymology
Named after William Jackson Hooker.
Habitat
- Altitude
- Not recorded
- Altitude class
- —
- Native to
- India, Nepal, Bhutan, Thailand, Bangladesh, China
Cultivation
- Difficulty
- Not recorded
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