Flora of North America species comparison

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Abutilon incanum

hoary abutilon, Indian mallow, pelotazo, pelotazo chico
Habit Subshrubs, 1–2 m.
Stems

erect, terete when young, minutely tomentulose.
Leaves

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.
Inflorescences

solitary flowers or in open panicles.
Flowers

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.
Seeds

3 per mericarp, 2 mm, puberulent but appearing glabrous.
Schizocarps

cask-shaped, not medially constricted, 7–9 × 6 mm;

mericarps: apex acute or apiculate, surface tomentulose.
2n

= 14.

Abutilon incanum
Phenology Flowering spring–fall.
Habitat Open, arid habitats, hills and plains
Elevation 0–1000 m [0–3300 ft]
Distribution
from FNA
AZ; CO; NM; HI; Mexico (Baja California, Sinaloa, Sonora)
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Discussion

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.)
Parent taxa Malvaceae > subfam. Malvoideae > Abutilon
Sibling taxa
A. abutiloides, A. berlandieri, A. coahuilae, A. fruticosum, A. hirtum, A. hulseanum, A. hypoleucum, A. malacum, A. mollicomum, A. palmeri, A. parishii, A. parvulum, A. permolle, A. reventum, A. theophrasti, A. trisulcatum, A. wrightii
Synonyms Sida incana
Name authority (Link) Sweet: Hort. Brit., 53. (1826)
Source FNA vol. 6, p. 224. Treatment authors: Paul A. Fryxell†, Steven R. Hill.
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