Abutilon incanum
Abutilon hirtum
hoary abutilon, Indian mallow, pelotazo, pelotazo chico
Florida keys Indian mallow
erect, terete when young, minutely tomentulose.
erect, puberulent and with simple hairs 2–5 mm, viscid.
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 recurved, lanceolate, 7–9 mm;
petiole as long as or longer than blade;
blade somewhat discolorous, ovate to suborbiculate, 5–7 cm, base cordate, margins finely serrate, apex acuminate, surfaces softly tomentose.
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 12–17 mm, lobes not overlapping, erect, ovate;
corolla orange-yellow with dark red center, petals 18–20 mm;
staminal column pubescent;
style 20–25-branched.
3 per mericarp, 2 mm, puberulent but appearing glabrous.
3 per mericarp, 2.4–2.8 mm, minutely scabridulous.
cask-shaped, not medially constricted, 7–9 × 6 mm;
mericarps: apex acute or apiculate, surface tomentulose.
oblate, 12–14 × 20 mm;
mericarps: apex obtuse to acute, surface stellate-hirsute.
= 14.
= 42.
Abutilon incanum
Abutilon hirtum
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 hirtum has been found in Alachua, Lake, Miami-Dade, and Monroe counties, primarily in the Florida Keys. It is native in tropical parts of Africa, Asia, and Australia.
(Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.)
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