January 26, 2012

Bright and beautiful ...

Scientific name: Turnera ulmifolia
Yellow alder, yellow buttercup, Sage rose or Cuban buttercup is native to the West Indies and Mexico. It is a perennial, dense, compact shrub, reaching to a height of two and half feet tall. The dark green leaves are clustered towards the branch tips, lanceolate to oblong lanceolate or narrowly elliptic. Leaf margin are doubly serrate. Flowers are bright yellow buttercups, slightly brownish towards the center. This plant is found to grow wild in my native place and this photograph was taken on 23rd December 2011.
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