Trailing abutilon
Callianthe megapotamica (A.Spreng.) Dorr
- light
- Sun–part
- water
- Medium
- tall
- 2.2 m
- wide
- 2.0 m
Malvaceae
Formerly Abutilon inflatum, Abutilon megapotamicum, Periptera megapotamica, Sida megapotamica
When it flowers
Not known yet in the tropics: too few flowering observations to read a season from.
Read from iNaturalist photographs of it in flower. A month counts at 50% of the best month's flowering share (smoothed over three months) and 10% of its flowering count, from at least 100 flowering observations in the band.
If a child, a pet or anyone may have eaten a plant, contact a doctor or vet straight away, or call the National Poisons Information Centre (AIIMS, New Delhi) on 1800 116 117, free and open 24 hours.
Something wrong with it?About it
- Grows as
- Scrambling shrubKew's checklist, not yet checked
- Climate
- SubtropicalKew's checklist, not yet checked
- Wild in
- Brazil (Rio Grande do Sul)Kew's checklist, not yet checked
- Light
- Full sun to part shade (3 h or more)Read from NC State Extension, one source
- Height
- 2.0 m to 2.5 mRead from NC State Extension and Wikipedia, checked: the middle of what its sources sayHalfway between its 2 sources, which differ. Sources differ: NC State Extension 5–8 ft; Wikipedia 2.5–2.5 m
- Spread
- 1.5 m to 2.4 mRead from NC State Extension, one source
- Water
- Average: moist, well drainedRead from NC State Extension, one source
- Flowers
- Yellow, redRead from NC State Extension and Wikipedia, checked by a majority of its sourcesBacked by both sources. Sources differ: NC State Extension red, yellow; Wikipedia orange, red, yellow
- Coldest it survives
- -12.2 °C (USDA zone 8a)Read from NC State Extension, one source
Not known yet: heat, hottest it survives.
In other languages (11)
- Spanish
- Farolito
- Japanese
- ウキツリボク, 浮釣木
- Chinese (China)
- 红萼苘麻, 蔓性风铃花
- Chinese
- 蔓性風鈴花, 红萼苘麻
- Russian
- Канатник рио-грандский
- French
- Abutilon grimpant
- Dutch
- Belgische vlag
- Portuguese
- Sininho
- Swedish
- lyktmalva
- Slovak
- podslnečník brazílsky
- Turkish
- Ağaç Küpesi
Where this comes from
- iNaturalist, read 2026-10-25, CC0-1.0 (observation counts)
- Wikidata, read 2026-10-25, CC0-1.0
- Kew's checklist, read 2026-10-24, CC-BY-4.0
- NC State Extension, read 2026-10-25, fact, cited
- Wikipedia, read 2026-10-25, fact, cited
- Wikimedia Commons, read 2026-10-25, CC BY-SA 4.0
- iNaturalist, read 2026-10-25, CC BY
- iNaturalist, read 2026-10-25, CC0
- iNaturalist, read 2026-10-25, CC BY
- 3D model: Callianthe megapotamica (built for Vanagrha) by Vanagrha, own
A fact “checked by a majority of its sources” was settled by a vote of the pages it was read from, not by a person reading it; one marked “one source” rests on that page alone. Anything else not marked checked has not been checked yet. Where nothing is known, the page says so rather than guess.