Abutilon incanum
Abutilon parvulum
hoary abutilon, Indian mallow, pelotazo, pelotazo chico
dwarf abutilon, dwarf Indian mallow, little abutilon
erect, terete when young, minutely tomentulose.
trailing, minutely stellate-pubescent and sometimes with simple hairs 1 mm.
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, 2–4 mm;
petiole 1/2 to as long as blade;
blade concolorous, broadly ovate, to 5 cm, length ± equaling width, base cordate, margins coarsely dentate, apex acute, surfaces sparsely pubescent, visible through pubescence.
solitary flowers or in open panicles.
axillary, solitary 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 3–5 mm, lobes not overlapping, reflexed in fruit, ovate;
corolla ± pinkish throughout, petals 4–7 mm;
staminal column glabrous;
style 5-branched.
3 per mericarp, 2 mm, puberulent but appearing glabrous.
3 per mericarp, 2 mm, puberulent.
cask-shaped, not medially constricted, 7–9 × 6 mm;
mericarps: apex acute or apiculate, surface tomentulose.
± ovoid, 8–9 × 8–9 mm;
mericarps: apex acute or apiculate, minutely stellate-pubescent.
= 14.
= 14.
Abutilon incanum
Abutilon parvulum
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 parvulum is an inconspicuous plant and thus not often collected. It has trailing branches, uncommon in Abutilon.
(Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.)
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