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Collection location and date: Outside COM-FSM Females' Dormitory; Dec 1, 1998
Vegetative description: The leaf is more like a ovate shape, and the margin of the leaf is dentate. The leaves branch out alternately . The plant is more like a bush and grows in soil that is good. It can grow to a height of about 2 or 3 feet tall.
Floral description: The flower has 5 petals and its rotate, wheel-shaped like. It has 5 sepals, 5 anthers, and 3 pistil. The anthers are shorter than the pistil. It has a smell that doesn't sweet more of sour odor. The color of the flower is yellow. The flower grows out at the axillary bud of the leaf. It looks as if the leaf and the flower are one for they are closely attached to each other.
Uses: It is planned around the house as part of the landscape.
Collected by:MM Dec 1, 1998
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