Abutilon 'Fool's Gold'

Thank you to Dougeee@Flickr of Georgia, USA, for contributing today''s photograph to BPotD (via the Flickr BPotD Group Pool | original). Much obliged!

This cultivar is a recent introduction from Tony Avent''s Plant Delights Nursery. I have to link to the commercial site to give you more information, since other resources about this cultivar are sparse to non-existent. Abutilons are also usually known as flowering maples, due to the resemblance of the leaf shape (of some species / hybrids) to the classic maple form.

Malvaceae.info has a photo gallery of both species and hybrids of Abutilon. The genus is native to tropical and subtropical areas of the world. Posted by: Daniel Mosquin    Source