Abutilon fruticosum
Abutilon trisulcatum
pelotazo, Texas Indian mallow
anglestem 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 usually shorter than blade;
blade slightly discolorous, ovate, 6–11 cm, longer than wide, base cordate, margins crenulate-serrulate, apex acuminate, surfaces tomentulose, obscured by pubescence.
solitary flowers or terminal panicles.
terminal, 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 3–4 mm, lobes not overlapping, erect in fruit, lanceolate-ovate;
corolla sometimes reflexed, yellow, often with dark red center, petals 4–6 mm;
staminal column glabrous;
style 5-branched.
3 per mericarp, 2 mm, puberulent but appearing glabrous.
3 per mericarp, 2 mm, minutely pubescent.
cask-shaped, 8–9 × 8–9 mm;
mericarps: apex acute or apiculate, surface tomentulose.
subcylindric, usually medially constricted, 6–8 × 5–8 mm;
mericarps: apex apiculate, minutely puberulent.
= 14.
= 14.
Abutilon fruticosum
Abutilon trisulcatum
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 trisulcatum occurs from Texas to Nicaragua and in the West Indies. It is a common roadside weed in most of Mexico, and has been found in southern Texas in Cameron and Hidalgo counties.
(Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.)
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