Abutilon fruticosum |
Abutilon mollicomum |
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pelotazo, Texas Indian mallow |
pintapán cimarrón, Sonoran Indian mallow |
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Habit | Subshrubs, 1–1.5 m. Stems erect, stellate-tomentulose, without simple hairs. | Shrubs, 1–2 m. Stems erect, prominently hirsute, 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 subulate, 5–9 mm; petiole subequal to blade, prominently hirsute; blade markedly discolorous, broadly ovate or 3–5-angulate, mostly 10–20 cm, ± as long as wide, base cordate, margins irregularly crenate-serrate, apex acuminate, surfaces minutely stellate-pubescent. |
Inflorescences | solitary flowers or terminal panicles. |
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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. |
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Seeds | 3 per mericarp, 2 mm, puberulent but appearing glabrous. |
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Schizocarps | cask-shaped, 8–9 × 8–9 mm; mericarps: apex acute or apiculate, surface tomentulose. |
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2n | = 14. |
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Abutilon fruticosum |
Abutilon mollicomum |
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Phenology | Flowering year-round. | Flowering late summer. |
Habitat | Open, arid habitats | Open desert habitats, along water courses |
Elevation | 0–2000 m (0–6600 ft) | 500–2200 m (1600–7200 ft) |
Distribution |
AR; NM; OK; TX; Mexico (Chihuahua, Coahuila, Nuevo León, San Luis Potosí, Tamaulipas, Zacatecas); se Europe; n Africa
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AZ; NM; TX; Mexico (Chihuahua, Guerrero, Oaxaca, Sonora, Veracruz)
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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.) |
Abutilon mollicomum occurs principally in Chihuahua and Sonora and in adjacent Arizona and New Mexico. (Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.) |
Source | FNA vol. 6, p. 223. | FNA vol. 6, p. 224. |
Parent taxa | Malvaceae > subfam. Malvoideae > Abutilon | Malvaceae > subfam. Malvoideae > Abutilon |
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Synonyms | A. texense | Sida mollicoma |
Name authority | Guillemin & Perrottet: in J. B. A. Guillemin et al., Fl. Seneg. Tent. 1: 70. (1831) | (Willdenow) Sweet: Hort. Brit., 54. (1826) |
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