Anoda abutiloides |
Anoda reticulata |
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Indian anoda |
netted 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, 1 m. Stems erect, scabridulous and with some glandular hairs, hairs to 0.2 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 equaling or exceeding blade, shorter upward, scabridulous and with some glandular hairs, hairs to 0.2 mm; blade concolorous, with purplish blotch along midrib, typically 3-lobed, lobes narrowly linear, reduced upward to simple linear leaves, 3–6 cm, membranous, base cordate to truncate, margins remotely serrate to subentire, apex subacute, surfaces minutely stellate-hairy. |
Inflorescences | usually panicles. |
solitary flowers or racemes. |
Pedicels | 1–5 cm. |
to 8.5 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. |
calyx 5 mm, lobes with strong midrib, apex acute, densely hairy; petals bluish purple, 5–6 mm, glabrous; staminal column glabrous or nearly so; style 10–11-branched; stigmas glabrous. |
Seeds | without enclosing endocarp. |
enclosed in endocarp. |
Schizocarps | 6 mm diam., minutely hairy; mericarps 5, dorsally rounded. |
6–7 mm diam., stellate-hairy; mericarps 10 or 11, dorsally rounded. |
2n | = 30. |
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Anoda abutiloides |
Anoda reticulata |
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Phenology | Flowering spring–fall. | Flowering late summer. |
Habitat | Dry, open shrublands | Desert habitats |
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; Mexico (Sinaloa, Sonora) |
Discussion | Anoda abutiloides is found in Pima and Santa Cruz counties. (Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.) |
Anoda reticulata has been found only in Pima and Santa Cruz counties. (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 | |
Name authority | A. Gray: Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts 22: 300. (1887) | S. Watson: Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts 17: 368. (1882) |
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