Abutilon fruticosum
Abutilon incanum
pelotazo, Texas Indian mallow
hoary abutilon, Indian mallow, pelotazo, pelotazo chico
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 mm;
petiole ca. 1/2 times as long as blade;
blade concolorous, ovate, to 6 cm, longer than wide, base cordate, margins irregularly serrulate or crenate, apex acute or acuminate, surfaces densely tomentulose, obscured by pubescence.
solitary flowers or terminal panicles.
solitary flowers or in open 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 3–5 mm, lobes not overlapping, spreading or somewhat reflexed in fruit, lanceolate-ovate;
corolla reflexed, yellow or pink with dark red center, petals 4–6 mm;
staminal column pubescent;
style 5-branched.
3 per mericarp, 2 mm, puberulent but appearing glabrous.
3 per mericarp, 2 mm, puberulent but appearing glabrous.
cask-shaped, 8–9 × 8–9 mm;
mericarps: apex acute or apiculate, surface tomentulose.
cask-shaped, not medially constricted, 7–9 × 6 mm;
mericarps: apex acute or apiculate, surface tomentulose.
= 14.
= 14.
Abutilon fruticosum
Abutilon incanum
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 incanum is found in Baja California, Sinaloa, Sonora, adjacent Arizona, and disjunctly in Hawaii, where it is considered to be native.
(Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.)
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