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hoary abutilon, Indian mallow, pelotazo, pelotazo chico

coastal Indian mallow, velvety abutilon

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

erect, terete when young, minutely tomentulose.

erect, softly stellate-pubescent, without simple 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 lanceolate, 5–7 mm;

petiole 1/2 to as long as blade;

blade discolorous, ovate, 7–12 cm, ca. 2 times as long as wide, base deeply cordate, margins serrate, apex acuminate, surfaces softly tomentose.

Inflorescences

solitary flowers or in open panicles.

solitary flowers or terminal 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 10–15 mm, lobes basally overlapping, erect in fruit, lanceolate-ovate, to 8 mm wide;

corolla yellow or yellow-orange throughout, petals 10–18 mm;

staminal column glabrous;

style 10–12-branched.

Seeds

3 per mericarp, 2 mm, puberulent but appearing glabrous.

3 per mericarp, 2 mm, papillate.

Schizocarps

cask-shaped, not medially constricted, 7–9 × 6 mm;

mericarps: apex acute or apiculate, surface tomentulose.

± ovoid, 8–10 × 8–10 mm;

mericarps: apex acute, hirsute.

2n

= 14.

Abutilon incanum

Abutilon permolle

Phenology Flowering spring–fall. Flowering year-round.
Habitat Open, arid habitats, hills and plains Coastal areas, disturbed sites, often on limestone soil
Elevation 0–1000 m (0–3300 ft) 0–100 m (0–300 ft)
Distribution
from FNA
AZ; CO; NM; HI; Mexico (Baja California, Sinaloa, Sonora)
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from FNA
FL; Mexico; Central America; West Indies
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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 permolle is restricted primarily to the four southernmost counties of Florida with an additional collection from Manatee County.

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

Source FNA vol. 6, p. 224. FNA vol. 6, p. 226.
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. mollicomum, A. palmeri, A. parishii, A. parvulum, A. reventum, A. theophrasti, A. trisulcatum, A. wrightii
Synonyms Sida incana Sida permollis
Name authority (Link) Sweet: Hort. Brit., 53. (1826) (Willdenow) Sweet: Hort. Brit., 53. (1826)
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