General Information

COMMON NAMES: Asian Cup-and-saucer Plant, Parasol Plant, Mandarin's-hat Plant, Chinese-hat Plant GLOBAL DISTRIBUTION: NATIVE Himalayas - n.India COOK ISLANDS STATUS: Introduced - Recent, Not naturalised; S.Group only, rare (Rarotonga only); Land, lowlands, gardens SIGNIFICANCE LIST: Ornamental flowers KEY FEATURES: Straggling shrub to 5m. LEAVES oppoiste, oval, 10-7cm, edge smooth to small-toothed; stalk 3cm. FLOWERS in clusters; calyx saucer-like, 2cmØ, corolla tube-like to 2cm; red, orange, to yellow. SIMILAR SPECIES: African Cup-and-saucer Plant (Holmskioldia tettensis) has leaves broad-toothed (vs smooth or small-toothed); leaf-stalk 1cm (vs 3cm); flowers pink, purple to blue (vs red, orange to yellow); stamens and style protruding 15mm (vs 5mm).

Cook Islands Distribution

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Southern Group: Present    Makatea: -
RR	MG	AT	MK	MT	AK	PL	TK	MN
+	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Northern Group: -
TN	MH	RK	PK	NS	SW
-	-	-	-	-	-

Holmskioldia sanguinea Retzius
SYNONYMS: Holmskioldia sanguinea; Holmskioldia sanguinea cintrina

TAXONOMY: PLANTAE; ANTHOPHYTA (=Angiospermae); MAGNOLIOPSIDA (=Dicotyledones); ASTERIDAE; Lamiales; VERBENACEAE

IDENTIFICATION: Straggling shrub or small tree to 5m. BRANCHLETS sharply 4-angled. LEAVES opposite, simple, oval, to 10x7cm, edge smooth to small-toothed; stalks to 3cm. FLOWERS axillary or terminal clusters; calyx saucer-like, to 2cmØ, red or orange; corolla tubular, 2cm, red, with 5 lobes. cv 'Citrina' or 'Aurea' yellow.

Vouchers:
None Recorded.

References:
p.732 Neal - In Gardens of Hawaii
p.567 Hortus 3rd
p.575 Royal Hort. Soc. Index of Garden Plants
p.917 Tropica
p.5/215 A.C.Smith - Flora Vitiensis Nova

Data Update History (information):
zTX, zB02, zM02, zupM03b, zD03b

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