chinese hat plant

chinese hat plant
noun
Usage: usually capitalized C
Etymology: so called from its large spreading calyx
: a straggling evergreen Himalayan shrub (Holmskioldia sanguinea) of the family Verbenaceae sometimes cultivated in the southern United States

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