Abutilon fruticosum
Abutilon berlandieri
pelotazo, Texas Indian mallow
Berlandier's Indian mallow
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.
stipules subulate, 3–10 mm;
petiole shorter than blade;
blade slightly discolorous, ovate, 2.5–10 cm, slightly longer than wide, base truncate to cordate, margins obscurely crenate to serrate, apex acute, sometimes acuminate, surfaces roughly pubescent.
solitary flowers or terminal panicles.
solitary flowers or racemes or panicles.
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.
calyx 8–13 mm, basally cuneate, lobes basally overlapping, erect in fruit, acuminate, to 8 mm wide;
corolla orange-yellow throughout, petals 10 mm;
staminal column pubescent;
style 8–10-branched.
3 per mericarp, 2 mm, puberulent but appearing glabrous.
3 per mericarp, 3 mm, uniformly puberulent.
cask-shaped, 8–9 × 8–9 mm;
mericarps: apex acute or apiculate, surface tomentulose.
± ovoid, 10–13 × 10–13 mm;
mericarps: apex acuminate, surface with both stellate and glandular hairs.
= 14.
= 42.
Abutilon fruticosum
Abutilon berlandieri
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.)
Abutilon berlandieri is found in southern Texas and is scarce elsewhere.
(Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.)
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