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hoary abutilon, Indian mallow, pelotazo, pelotazo chico

Berlandier's Indian mallow

Habit Subshrubs, 1–2 m. Shrubs, 0.5–1.5 m.
Stems

erect, terete when young, minutely tomentulose.

erect, roughly stellate-pubescent with minute intermingled glandular hairs.

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.

stipules subulate, 3–10 mm;

petiole shorter than blade;

blade slightly discolorous, ovate, 2.5–10 cm, slightly longer than wide, base truncate to cordate, margins obscurely crenate to serrate, apex acute, sometimes acuminate, surfaces roughly pubescent.

Inflorescences

solitary flowers or in open panicles.

solitary flowers or racemes or 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.

calyx 8–13 mm, basally cuneate, lobes basally overlapping, erect in fruit, acuminate, to 8 mm wide;

corolla orange-yellow throughout, petals 10 mm;

staminal column pubescent;

style 8–10-branched.

Seeds

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

3 per mericarp, 3 mm, uniformly puberulent.

Schizocarps

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

mericarps: apex acute or apiculate, surface tomentulose.

± ovoid, 10–13 × 10–13 mm;

mericarps: apex acuminate, surface with both stellate and glandular hairs.

2n

= 14.

= 42.

Abutilon incanum

Abutilon berlandieri

Phenology Flowering spring–fall. Flowering year-round.
Habitat Open, arid habitats, hills and plains Open, arid habitats
Elevation 0–1000 m (0–3300 ft) 0–200 m (0–700 ft)
Distribution
from FNA
AZ; CO; NM; HI; Mexico (Baja California, Sinaloa, Sonora)
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from FNA
TX; Mexico (Coahuila, Nuevo León, Tamaulipas)
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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.)

Abutilon berlandieri is found in southern Texas and is scarce elsewhere.

(Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.)

Source FNA vol. 6, p. 224. FNA vol. 6, p. 222.
Parent taxa Malvaceae > subfam. Malvoideae > Abutilon 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
A. abutiloides, A. coahuilae, A. fruticosum, A. hirtum, A. hulseanum, A. hypoleucum, A. incanum, 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) A. Gray ex S. Watson: Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts 20: 358. (1885)
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