Brand new stumper! VIII.

A "mandala" again:

 

a Stapeliad?

 

Hoya?

Asclepias?

Certainly something in the subfamily Asclepiadoideae (former family Asclepiaceae)

 

NO, not Stapelia, not Hoya, not Asclepias...

Sorry Michael, but not Asclepiadaceae... :)

 

A Malva or relative?

 

No, not Malvaceae...

 

Cactaceae?

 

Don't know why I didn't count before . . . it's got 6 lobes, not 5 as an asclepiad would have.

So likely a monocot.

 

6 lobes? Hm, are you sure? :)
No, it's got less than 6 lobes, and it's a dicot plant...

 

No, not a cacti...

 

Errrrr . . . . where have I gone wrong, then??

 

:))) Hm... I'm in trouble: are they lobes?! I thought you mean lobes=petals... But, you are really very good at mathematics: it's got 6 "somethings", but I don't know the correct botanical name of this plantpart... :(

 

Not sure what the botanical term is either ;-)

I was just thinking about comparing it to an asclepioid plant with 5 lobes in the flower (Hoya carnosa below; cropped from public domain pic http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Hoya_carnosa.jpg )

 

Lila, is this a Hungarian native or an import?

 

The genus is native to Hungary, but this species is native to North America.

 

Asarum?

 

YES!!! Congratulations! Asarum caudatum... Aristolochiaceae! :)