Anoda abutiloides |
Anoda lanceolata |
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Indian anoda |
lanceleaf 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. | Herbs or subshrubs, branching, 0.5–1 m. Stems erect, minutely, roughly hairy, hairs to 0.5 mm. |
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. |
petiole shorter than blade, minutely, roughly hairy, hairs to 0.5 mm; blade somewhat discolorous, ovate-triangular to lanceolate, 3–7(–12) cm, membranous, base truncate to cuneate, margins obscurely crenate to subentire, apex acute, surfaces hairy, hairs minute, stellate abaxially, simple, appressed adaxially. |
Inflorescences | usually panicles. |
solitary flowers or panicles. |
Pedicels | 1–5 cm. |
to 4(–6) 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. |
calyx 6(–9) mm, accrescent to 9 mm, lobes without dark midrib, apex acute, minutely stellate-hairy; petals bright yellow, 9–16 mm; staminal column stellate-hairy; style 10–12-branched; stigmas glabrous. |
Seeds | without enclosing endocarp. |
enclosed in endocarp. |
Schizocarps | 6 mm diam., minutely hairy; mericarps 5, dorsally rounded. |
9 mm diam., densely stellate-hairy, hairs 0.5–1 mm; mericarps 10–12, with dorsal spur 1–1.5 mm. |
2n | = 30. |
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Anoda abutiloides |
Anoda lanceolata |
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Phenology | Flowering spring–fall. | Flowering summer–fall. |
Habitat | Dry, open shrublands | Arid habitats, disturbed sites, sometimes open, sometimes shady |
Elevation | 1000–1500 m (3300–4900 ft) | 500–1000 m (1600–3300 ft) |
Distribution |
AZ; Mexico (Chihuahua, Jalisco, Sinaloa, Sonora)
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AZ; NM; TX; Mexico (Baja California, Chihuahua, Coahuila, San Luis Potosí, Sinaloa) |
Discussion | Anoda abutiloides is found in Pima and Santa Cruz counties. (Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.) |
Anoda lanceolata is found primarily in the western trans-Pecos region of Texas, with outliers in Sierra County, New Mexico, and Cochise County, Arizona. (Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.) |
Source | FNA vol. 6, p. 235. | FNA vol. 6, p. 236. |
Parent taxa | Malvaceae > subfam. Malvoideae > Anoda | Malvaceae > subfam. Malvoideae > Anoda |
Sibling taxa | ||
Synonyms | A. caudatifolia, A. urophylla | A. wrightii |
Name authority | A. Gray: Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts 22: 300. (1887) | Hooker & Arnott: Bot. Beechey Voy., 411. (1840) |
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