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Abutilon fruticosum

pelotazo, Texas Indian mallow
Habit Subshrubs, 1–1.5 m. Stems erect, stellate-tomentulose, without simple hairs.
Leaves

stipules subulate, 2 mm;

petiole shorter than blade;

blade ± concolorous, ovate, 2–10 cm (often smaller), somewhat longer than wide, base cordate, margins irregularly serrate, apex acute, surfaces minutely stellate-pubescent.
Inflorescences

solitary flowers or terminal panicles.
Flowers

calyx 3–5 mm, lobes not overlapping, reflexed in fruit, lanceolate-ovate, to 8 mm wide;

corolla yellow throughout, petals 5–10 mm;

staminal column glabrous;

style 6–9-branched.
Seeds

3 per mericarp, 2 mm, puberulent but appearing glabrous.
Schizocarps

cask-shaped, 8–9 × 8–9 mm;

mericarps: apex acute or apiculate, surface tomentulose.
2n

= 14.

Abutilon fruticosum
Phenology Flowering year-round.
Habitat Open, arid habitats
Elevation 0–2000 m (0–6600 ft)
Distribution
from FNA
AR; NM; OK; TX; Mexico (Chihuahua, Coahuila, Nuevo León, San Luis Potosí, Tamaulipas, Zacatecas); se Europe; n Africa
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Discussion

Abutilon fruticosum is thought to be native to the New World; it also occurs disjunctly in northern Africa and the Levant countries. It is widespread in southwestern Texas, scarce in Oklahoma and Arkansas, and is known from Chaves and Lincoln counties, New Mexico.

(Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.)
Source FNA vol. 6, p. 223.
Parent taxa Malvaceae > subfam. Malvoideae > Abutilon
Sibling taxa
A. abutiloides, A. berlandieri, A. coahuilae, A. hirtum, A. hulseanum, A. hypoleucum, A. incanum, A. malacum, A. mollicomum, A. palmeri, A. parishii, A. parvulum, A. permolle, A. reventum, A. theophrasti, A. trisulcatum, A. wrightii
Synonyms A. texense
Name authority Guillemin & Perrottet: in J. B. A. Guillemin et al., Fl. Seneg. Tent. 1: 70. (1831)
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