Abutilon fruticosum
Abutilon hypoleucum
pelotazo, Texas Indian mallow
whiteleaf 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, 2–4 mm;
petiole 1/2 to as long as blade;
blade markedly discolorous, narrowly ovate, 5–11 cm, to 2 times as long as wide, base cordate, margins crenate, apex acute or slightly acuminate, surfaces densely soft-tomentose abaxially, sparsely scabridulous adaxially.
solitary flowers or terminal panicles.
solitary 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 10–15 mm, lobes basally overlapping, erect, broadly cordate, accrescent to 25 mm, to 20 mm wide;
corolla yellow or yellow-orange throughout, petals 15–25 mm;
staminal column glabrous;
style 13–15-branched.
3 per mericarp, 2 mm, puberulent but appearing glabrous.
3 per mericarp, 2.5 mm, minutely scabridulous.
cask-shaped, 8–9 × 8–9 mm;
mericarps: apex acute or apiculate, surface tomentulose.
± ovoid, 15 × 15 mm;
mericarps: apex acuminate, surface stellate-pubescent.
= 14.
= 14.
Abutilon fruticosum
Abutilon hypoleucum
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 hypoleucum is limited to the Rio Grande plains and valley.
(Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.)
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