Introduced, warm seaon, annual or biennial herb. Stems are erect and to 1 m tall. Basal leaves form a rosette, and are sessile, oblanceolate and mostly 10–15 cm long, with conspicuous midribs and bases often attenuate. Cauline leaves are sessile, lanceolate and 3–8.5 cm long, with margins shallowly toothed. Flowers occur in the upper bract-like leaf axils. Hypanthiums are 2–4.5 cm long. Sepals are to 1.5 cm long. Petals are 1.5–3 cm long, yellow, sometimes red at the base, and becoming reddish with age. Fruit are cylindrical, broader in the upper part, 3–4 cm long and sparsely villous. Flowering can be year-round. A native of South America, it is often cultivated and found in disturbed areas such as roadsides.
to share – to copy, distribute and transmit the work
to remix – to adapt the work
Under the following conditions:
attribution – You must give appropriate credit, provide a link to the license, and indicate if changes were made. You may do so in any reasonable manner, but not in any way that suggests the licensor endorses you or your use.
https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0CC BY 2.0 Creative Commons Attribution 2.0 truetrue