Common name: Yellow Alder, Yellow Buttercups, Sage Rose, Cuban Buttercup
Botanical name: Turnera ulmifolia Family: Turneraceae (Yellow alder family)
Native to the West Indies and Mexico, Yellow Alder is a perennial, dense,
compact shrub that reaches 2½ feet in height. Dark green leaves are clustered
toward the tips of the branches, lanceolate to oblong-lanceolate or narrowly
elliptic, 4-13 X 2-3 cm, margins doubly serrate. Flowers are bright yellow
buttercups, which look great against the dark-green foliage. The blowers
might be slightly brownish towards the center. It can become tall and leggy
if not pruned. In the landscape it performs well in mass plantings, as a
border or as a groundcover. It also works well in butterfly gardens. Yellow
alder is propagated by seed, cuttings or division
| Photographed in Ahmedabad, Gujarat. |
Identification credit: Santosh Khanjodkar
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