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hoary abutilon, Indian mallow, pelotazo, pelotazo chico

pintapán cimarrón, Sonoran Indian mallow

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

erect, terete when young, minutely tomentulose.

erect, prominently hirsute, with simple hairs 2–4 mm.

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, 5–9 mm;

petiole subequal to blade, prominently hirsute;

blade markedly discolorous, broadly ovate or 3–5-angulate, mostly 10–20 cm, ± as long as wide, base cordate, margins irregularly crenate-serrate, apex acuminate, surfaces minutely stellate-pubescent.

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

Abutilon mollicomum

Phenology Flowering spring–fall. Flowering late summer.
Habitat Open, arid habitats, hills and plains Open desert habitats, along water courses
Elevation 0–1000 m (0–3300 ft) 500–2200 m (1600–7200 ft)
Distribution
from FNA
AZ; CO; NM; HI; Mexico (Baja California, Sinaloa, Sonora)
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from FNA
AZ; NM; TX; Mexico (Chihuahua, Guerrero, Oaxaca, Sonora, Veracruz)
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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 mollicomum occurs principally in Chihuahua and Sonora and in adjacent Arizona and New Mexico.

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

Source FNA vol. 6, p. 224. FNA vol. 6, p. 224.
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. berlandieri, A. coahuilae, A. fruticosum, A. hirtum, A. hulseanum, A. hypoleucum, A. incanum, A. malacum, A. palmeri, A. parishii, A. parvulum, A. permolle, A. reventum, A. theophrasti, A. trisulcatum, A. wrightii
Synonyms Sida incana Sida mollicoma
Name authority (Link) Sweet: Hort. Brit., 53. (1826) (Willdenow) Sweet: Hort. Brit., 54. (1826)
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