<p>Family:Malvaceae
Distribution: In rice fields and moist localities of South India, and South East Asia. Photographed at Chillakur of Nellore district. 
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Erect, branched, glabrous, annual herb 1-1.5m tall,vegitative parts with stellate hairs, leaves linear, lanceolate, serrate,  nerves 3-5 palmately reticulate; flowers open around noon; born in pairs, axilary, bracteoles3, subulate, calyx 5, lanceolate, persitent, petals 5, scarlet, obovate, staminal column short, stamens triplets 0f 5, yellow, anthers bithecate, extrorse; ovary 5 celled, stigmas 5, minute, fruit 5 valved capsule.
<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/45835639@N04">Lalithamba</a> from India
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