Anoda abutiloides |
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Indian anoda |
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Habit | Subshrubs, branching principally in inflorescence, 1 m. |
Stems | erect, with simple hairs 0.5–1 mm and shorter glandular hairs. |
Leaves | petiole subequal to blade or shorter upward, with simple hairs 0.5–1 mm and shorter glandular hairs; blade concolorous, broadly ovate, gradually reduced and narrower upward, to 12 cm, membranous, base cordate, margins dentate, apex acuminate, surfaces minutely tomentose. |
Inflorescences | usually panicles. |
Pedicels | 1–5 cm. |
Flowers | calyx 5–7 mm, lobes with dark midrib, apex ± acuminate, tomentose; petals pale yellow, drying reddish, 10 mm, prominently bearded on claw; staminal column with recurved hairs; style 5-branched; stigmas glabrous. |
Seeds | without enclosing endocarp. |
Schizocarps | 6 mm diam., minutely hairy; mericarps 5, dorsally rounded. |
2n | = 30. |
Anoda abutiloides |
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Phenology | Flowering spring–fall. |
Habitat | Dry, open shrublands |
Elevation | 1000–1500 m (3300–4900 ft) |
Distribution |
AZ; Mexico (Chihuahua, Jalisco, Sinaloa, Sonora)
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Discussion | Anoda abutiloides is found in Pima and Santa Cruz counties. (Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.) |
Source | FNA vol. 6, p. 235. |
Parent taxa | Malvaceae > subfam. Malvoideae > Anoda |
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Synonyms | A. caudatifolia, A. urophylla |
Name authority | A. Gray: Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts 22: 300. (1887) |
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