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Abutilon fruticosum

Abutilon hulseanum

pelotazo, Texas Indian mallow

mauve
Habit Subshrubs, 1–1.5 m. Stems erect, stellate-tomentulose, without simple hairs. Herbs or subshrubs, perennial, 1–2 m. Stems erect, stellate-tomentulose and with simple hairs 2–4 mm.
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.

stipules filiform, 8 mm;

petiole subequal to blade;

blade ± discolorous, ovate, mostly 6–10 cm, longer than wide, base cordate, margins crenate, apex rounded-acute, surfaces softly tomentulose.
Inflorescences

solitary flowers or terminal panicles.

solitary flowers.
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.

calyx 12–15 mm, lobes basally overlapping, erect, cordate, accrescent to 15–20 mm;

corolla yellowish throughout, fading pinkish, petals 20 mm;

staminal column glabrous;

style 12-branched.
Seeds

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

4–6 per mericarp, 2 mm, puberulent.
Schizocarps

cask-shaped, 8–9 × 8–9 mm;

mericarps: apex acute or apiculate, surface tomentulose.

± oblate, 12–15 × 20–25 mm;

mericarps: apex apiculate, surface prominently hirsute, hairs 1–2 mm.
2n

= 14.

= 14.

Abutilon fruticosum

Abutilon hulseanum
Phenology Flowering year-round. Flowering winter–spring.
Habitat Open, arid habitats Roadsides, disturbed sites, secondary vegetation
Elevation 0–2000 m (0–6600 ft) 0–100 m (0–300 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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from FNA
FL; LA; TX; Mexico; West Indies
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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.)

Plants of Abutilon hulseanum are sometimes misidentified as A. pauciflorum A. Saint-Hilaire, which is known only from Bolivia, Brazil, Paraguay, and Peru.

(Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.)
Source FNA vol. 6, p. 223. FNA vol. 6, p. 223.
Parent taxa Malvaceae > subfam. Malvoideae > Abutilon 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
A. abutiloides, A. berlandieri, A. coahuilae, A. fruticosum, A. hirtum, 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 Sida hulseana
Name authority Guillemin & Perrottet: in J. B. A. Guillemin et al., Fl. Seneg. Tent. 1: 70. (1831) (Torrey & A. Gray) Torrey ex Baker f.: J. Bot. 30: 328. (1892)
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