Fioria
Mattei
Herbs or undershrubs, sparsely to densely pubescent. Leaves broadly ovate to
orbicular, 3 -
5-lobed or unlobed, subcordate to rounded at base, acute at apex, serrate.
Flowers axillary, solitary, or in terminal racemes by reduction of upper leaves. Epicalyx
segments 7 -
12, linear, free. Calyx 5-lobed. Corolla yellow with purple centre; petals
obovate. Staminal column shorter than petals, antheriferous throughout or nearly so.
Ovary ovoid, 5-angular, 5-loculed; stigmas clavate. Capsules globular, shorter than
calyx, with strongly 5-veined wings. Seeds 2 -
4 in each locule, reniform, verruculose,
glabrous.
Tropical and subtropical regions of the world, ca 4 species; one in India.
Tropical and subtropical regions of the world, ca 4 species; one in India.