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hoary abutilon, Indian mallow, pelotazo, pelotazo chico

Wright's Indian mallow

Habit Subshrubs, 1–2 m. Subshrubs, to 0.5 m.
Stems

erect, terete when young, minutely tomentulose.

procumbent or ascending, sometimes purplish, minutely stellate-pubescent, usually with simple hairs 1 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 filiform, 3–4 mm;

petiole often exceeding blade;

blade markedly discolorous, ovate, 1.5–4 cm, ± as long as wide, base deeply cordate, margins dentate, apex acute to obtuse, abaxial surface with soft, densely matted pubescence, adaxial surface sparsely pubescent.

Inflorescences

solitary flowers or in open panicles.

solitary flowers.

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(–20) mm, lobes accrescent, basally overlapping, cordate;

corolla pale yellow throughout, petals 14–18 mm;

staminal column glabrous;

style 6–9-branched.

Seeds

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

3 per mericarp, 2.6 mm, muriculate.

Schizocarps

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

mericarps: apex acute or apiculate, surface tomentulose.

± ovoid, 10 × 11 mm;

mericarps: apically acuminate, densely hirsute.

2n

= 14.

= 14.

Abutilon incanum

Abutilon wrightii

Phenology Flowering spring–fall. Flowering spring–fall.
Habitat Open, arid habitats, hills and plains Dry, open habitats, roadsides
Elevation 0–1000 m (0–3300 ft) 100–300 m (300–1000 ft)
Distribution
from FNA
AZ; CO; NM; HI; Mexico (Baja California, Sinaloa, Sonora)
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from FNA
NM; TX; Mexico (Chihuahua, Coahuila, Nuevo León, San Luis Potosí, Tamaulipas)
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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 wrightii is found in Texas primarily in the Big Bend area and scattered locations from Cameron and Travis counties. It has been reported in New Mexico from Eddy and Otero counties and likely elsewhere in the extreme southeast.

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

Source FNA vol. 6, p. 224. FNA vol. 6, p. 227.
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. permolle, A. reventum, A. theophrasti, A. trisulcatum
Synonyms Sida incana
Name authority (Link) Sweet: Hort. Brit., 53. (1826) A. Gray: Boston J. Nat. Hist. 6: 162. (1850)
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