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花冠呈寬鐘狀，剛超過1厘米長，通常是粉紅或紅色的。另外，花瓣邊緣裂開並向外彎，外露部分為白色。屬於落葉灌木，接近2米高。
分佈十分廣泛，在港島的則魚涌、太平山和淺水灣；新界的馬鞍山和八仙嶺；大嶼山的黃龍坑和大風㽙山邊可找到它們。
一般在二月開花，期間正好是農曆新年。因此，傳統上中國人喜歡購買這種花來度新歲，祈求來年好運。受香港法例第96章內的《林務規例》所保護。
Chinese New Year Flower
The bell-shaped flower is just over 1 cm long .It is usually pink or red at the base,and white around its edges-which usually curl outward .It is a deciduous shrub ,usually around 2 m tall.
It is widely distributed in Hong Kong,for example at Quarry Bay,Victoria Peak and Repulse Bay on Hong Kong Island;Ma On Shan and Pat Sin Leng in the New Territories and at Wong Lung Hang and Tai Fung Au on Lantau Island.
It usually flowers in February ,around Chinese New Year time .Traditionally,local Chinese consider that it brings good luck and fortune-and therefore it used to be sold in the Chinese New Year flower markets.The Government listed it as a protected species under the Forests and Countryside Ordinance Cap.96. ■資料：漁護署
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