Holmskioldia sanguinea

• Botanical Name : Holmskioldia sanguinea Retz.
• Common Name : Chinese Hat, Cup and Saucer, Parasol Flower, Mandarins Hat
• Plant Family : Verbenaceae
• Plant Form : Shrub
• Occurrence (Sectors) : 21

About Holmskioldia sanguinea Plant :

• Habit : A small shrub.
• Leaves : Opposite, ovate, serrate, acuminate.
• Inflorescence : Terminal panicles or axillary short racemes.
• Flowers :
  • Calyx petaloid, orbicular or rounded, lower portion bell-shaped, net-veined, reddish or orange in colour, finally turning brown in fruit.
  • Corolla tubular, curved, bilipped, brick-red to orange in colour, lobes 5, short.
  • Stamens 4, didynamous, exserted.
  • Ovary 4-celled, ovule 1 in each cell style slender, stigma bifid.
• Fruit : Drupe deeply 4-lobed, obovoid, included in the persistent, enlarged calyx.
• Flowering and Fruiting Time : November-February
• Significance : Cultivated in the gardens, quite remarkable for its beautiful flowers.