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Indian anoda

lanceleaf anoda

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.

Anoda abutiloides

Anoda lanceolata

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
from FNA
AZ; Mexico (Chihuahua, Jalisco, Sinaloa, Sonora)
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from FNA
AZ; NM; TX; Mexico (Baja California, Chihuahua, Coahuila, San Luis Potosí, Sinaloa)
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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.)

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. Authors: Paul A. Fryxell†, Steven R. Hill. FNA vol. 6, p. 236.
Parent taxa Malvaceae > subfam. Malvoideae > Anoda Malvaceae > subfam. Malvoideae > Anoda
Sibling taxa
A. crenatiflora, A. cristata, A. lanceolata, A. pentaschista, A. reticulata, A. thurberi
A. abutiloides, A. crenatiflora, A. cristata, A. pentaschista, A. reticulata, A. thurberi
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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