Chinese burr

Triumfetta rhomboidea

family

Sparrmanniaceae

origin

Exotic

declaration

NIL

NIL

For information only

Common names

Chinese bur, Burr bush, Diamond burbark, Triumfetta weed, Hibiscus burr, Paroquet burr.

Erect shrub with hariy stems, stellate hairs mixed with simple hairs. Leaves 2.5-7 x 2.5-6 cm, generally rhomboid-ovate, base rounded or cordate, margins irregularly serrate, apex acute or acuminate, stellate-pubescent to glabrescent; basal ones palmately 3-lobed; petioles up to 4 cm long; stipules 3-4 mm long, subulate. Flowers in terminal or leaf-opposed cymes, 5-6 mm across, shortly pedicellate. Sepals 4-5 mm long, lanceolate, hairy without. Petals yellow, 4-5 mm long, oblong-obovate. Stamens 8-15. Ovary c. 1.5 mm long, ovoid, setose. Capsules 4-5 mm across, subglobose, stellate hairy outside, setose; setae c. 2 mm long, hooked at tip.

Leaf arrangement:Simple
Leaf form:Alternate
Yellow
Green

Impact

Impact

1

Location

Location

Characteristics

Characteristics

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