Abutilon incanum
Abutilon fruticosum
hoary abutilon, Indian mallow, pelotazo, pelotazo chico
pelotazo, Texas Indian mallow
erect, terete when young, minutely tomentulose.
erect, stellate-tomentulose, without simple hairs.
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, 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.
solitary flowers or in open panicles.
solitary flowers or terminal panicles.
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 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.
3 per mericarp, 2 mm, puberulent but appearing glabrous.
3 per mericarp, 2 mm, puberulent but appearing glabrous.
cask-shaped, not medially constricted, 7–9 × 6 mm;
mericarps: apex acute or apiculate, surface tomentulose.
cask-shaped, 8–9 × 8–9 mm;
mericarps: apex acute or apiculate, surface tomentulose.
= 14.
= 14.
Abutilon incanum
Abutilon fruticosum
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 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.)
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