Abutilon incanum |
Abutilon berlandieri |
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hoary abutilon, Indian mallow, pelotazo, pelotazo chico |
Berlandier's Indian mallow |
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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 |
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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 |
AZ; CO; NM; HI; Mexico (Baja California, Sinaloa, Sonora)
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TX; Mexico (Coahuila, Nuevo León, Tamaulipas) |
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 | ||
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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