Abutilon fruticosum
Abutilon wrightii
pelotazo, Texas Indian mallow
Wright's 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 filiform, 3–4 mm;
petiole often exceeding blade;
blade markedly discolorous, ovate, 1.5–4 cm, ± as long as wide, base deeply cordate, margins dentate, apex acute to obtuse, abaxial surface with soft, densely matted pubescence, adaxial surface sparsely pubescent.
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(–20) mm, lobes accrescent, basally overlapping, cordate;
corolla pale yellow throughout, petals 14–18 mm;
staminal column glabrous;
style 6–9-branched.
3 per mericarp, 2 mm, puberulent but appearing glabrous.
3 per mericarp, 2.6 mm, muriculate.
cask-shaped, 8–9 × 8–9 mm;
mericarps: apex acute or apiculate, surface tomentulose.
± ovoid, 10 × 11 mm;
mericarps: apically acuminate, densely hirsute.
= 14.
= 14.
Abutilon fruticosum
Abutilon wrightii
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 wrightii is found in Texas primarily in the Big Bend area and scattered locations from Cameron and Travis counties. It has been reported in New Mexico from Eddy and Otero counties and likely elsewhere in the extreme southeast.
(Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.)
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