Abutilon fruticosum
Abutilon permolle
pelotazo, Texas Indian mallow
coastal Indian mallow, velvety abutilon
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 lanceolate, 5–7 mm;
petiole 1/2 to as long as blade;
blade discolorous, ovate, 7–12 cm, ca. 2 times as long as wide, base deeply cordate, margins serrate, apex acuminate, surfaces softly tomentose.
solitary flowers or terminal panicles.
solitary flowers or terminal 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 10–15 mm, lobes basally overlapping, erect in fruit, lanceolate-ovate, to 8 mm wide;
corolla yellow or yellow-orange throughout, petals 10–18 mm;
staminal column glabrous;
style 10–12-branched.
3 per mericarp, 2 mm, puberulent but appearing glabrous.
3 per mericarp, 2 mm, papillate.
cask-shaped, 8–9 × 8–9 mm;
mericarps: apex acute or apiculate, surface tomentulose.
± ovoid, 8–10 × 8–10 mm;
mericarps: apex acute, hirsute.
= 14.
Abutilon fruticosum
Abutilon permolle
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 permolle is restricted primarily to the four southernmost counties of Florida with an additional collection from Manatee County.
(Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.)
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