Sida ciliaris
Sida antillensis
bract fanpetals, bract or fringe or salmon sida, bract sida, huinar
antilles fanpetals, West Indian sida
usually crowded at stem apex;
stipules partially adnate to petiole, 1-veined, linear to oblanceolate, 4–12 mm, usually longer than petiole;
petiole 2–10 mm, 1/4–1/2 length of blade, with appressed stellate hairs;
blade narrowly elliptic, 1–2 cm, usually 2–3 times longer than wide, base truncate to subcordate, margins dentate apically, entire basally, apex acute or obtuse, surfaces stellate-hairy abaxially, glabrous adaxially.
stipules free from petiole, 1-veined, linear, 3–6 mm, subequal to petiole;
petiole 2–5 mm, ca. 1/4 length of blade, glabrescent;
blade lanceolate-elliptic to round, 1.5–5 cm, somewhat longer than wide, base truncate, margins dentate apically, entire basally, apex acute or obtuse, surfaces minutely hairy.
terminal, subsessile, usually 1–10-flowered, flowers crowded at branch apices because of shortening of internodes, obscurely solitary, axillary.
axillary solitary subsessile flowers.
adnate to petiole of leaflike bract, 0.1–0.4 cm, shorter than calyx.
not slender, 0.4–1.2 cm, usually shorter than calyx.
calyx obscurely angulate, 4–6 mm, hirsute, lobes ovate;
petals usually salmon-pink, red-orange, sometimes yellowish, 5–11 mm;
staminal column hairy;
style 5–8-branched.
calyx ribbed, 5–8 mm, glabrescent, lobes acute or acuminate;
petals yellow, 6–8 mm;
style 8–10-branched.
conic, 5–6 mm diam., subglabrous;
mericarps 5–8, prominently muricate, otherwise glabrous.
subconic, 5–6 mm diam., glabrous;
mericarps 8–10, laterally reticulate, apex spined, spines to 1.5 mm, puberulent.
= 16.
Sida ciliaris
Sida antillensis
Sida ciliaris is found in Broward and Miami-Dade counties and the Florida Keys and in central and southern Texas. The stems can be procumbent but not distinctly mat-forming, and they are often ascending, not flexible, and tufted. The flowers are sometimes described as being salmon-colored; that feature, the congested terminal leaves and flowers, and the adnate stipules are quite distinctive.
(Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.)
Sida antillensis has been found in Collier, Hendry, Lee, Miami-Dade, and Monroe counties, where it is generally said to be introduced. It is widespread in the West Indies and could be native to parts of coastal Florida.
(Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.)
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