Abutilon tubulosum (A.Cunn. ex Hook.) Walp. APNI*
Description: Shrub to 1.5 m high, with short stellate hairs, ± velvety.
Leaves with lamina ovate-cordate to lanceolate, 2–8 cm long, margins ± toothed.
Calyx narrow-tubular, 15–25 mm long, lobes acute and shorter than the tube. Corolla 35–45 mm long.
Fruit 10–12 mm diam., c. 10 mm long; mericarps 5–8, angled.
Flowering: autumn–spring.
Distribution and occurrence: Scattered plants, usually on rocky outcrops.
NSW subdivisions: NC, SC, NWS, CWS
Other Australian states: Qld
Text by A. S. Mitchell & E. H. Norris Taxon concept: Flora of NSW 1 (1990)
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