The Encyclopedia of House Plants

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Plant identification guide.

Leaves and stems of young shoots with numerous long, soft hairs. Leaves large, light green, lobate, only some of them simple. Leaf blade ovoid, with heart-shaped base and crenate to dentate margins, with obliquely pointed tip. Flowers white, stamens yellow, anthers purple. - Sparmannia. Leaves and stems of young shoots with covered with short hairs. Leaves lobate, with heart-shaped. Flowers drooping, bell-shaped, white, red, pink or otherwise colored, growing out of leaf axils, mostly one, sometimes by 2-3. - Abutilon.