Sida spinosa |
Sida lindheimeri |
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false or Indian or prickly mallow, prickly fanpetals, prickly sida |
Lindheimer's sida, showy fanpetals |
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Habit | Subshrubs or herbs, annual or perennial, 0.2–1 m, rarely taller. | Herbs or subshrubs, perennial, 1 m. |
Stems | erect, minutely stellate-hairy, hairs to 0.5 mm. |
erect, minutely and sparsely stellate-hairy. |
Leaves | stipules free from petiole, 1-veined, subulate, 3–6 mm, 1/2 as long as petiole; petiole 5–15 mm, usually 1/4–1/2 length of blade, sometimes shorter, minutely stellate-hairy, hairs to 0.5 mm, usually with small spinelike tubercle on stem just below its attachment; blade ovate, lanceolate, or narrowly oblong, 2–6 cm, smaller apically, 2–5 times longer than wide, base subcordate, margins crenate-serrate to base, apex usually acute, surfaces stellate-tomentulose abaxially, glabrate adaxially. |
stipules free from petiole, 1-veined, linear, 4–8 mm, 1/2–1 times length of corresponding petiole; petiole 6–17 mm, to 1/4 length of blade, obscurely hairy; blade narrowly lanceolate or elliptic, 2.5–7 cm, 6–10 times longer than wide, base truncate, margins dentate to base, apex acute, surfaces obscurely hairy abaxially, glabrate adaxially. |
Inflorescences | axillary solitary or 2–4 clustered flowers. |
axillary solitary flowers. |
Pedicels | 0.5–1 cm, subequal to calyx and subtending petiole. |
slender, 2–4(–6) cm, often equaling subtending leaf, much longer than calyx. |
Flowers | calyx angulate, 5–7 mm, minutely tomentose, lobes triangular; petals yellow, rarely white, 5 mm; staminal column glabrous; style 5-branched. |
calyx ribbed, 7–10 mm, obscurely stellate-hairy, lobes triangular; petals yellow, 12–17 mm; staminal column sparsely hairy; style 8–10-branched. |
Schizocarps | subconic, 4–5 mm diam., hairy; mericarps 5, 3–4 mm, somewhat rugose, apex spined, spines 1 mm, antrorsely hairy. |
oblate, 8–9 mm diam., apically hairy; mericarps 8–10, laterally reticulate, apex spined, spines 1 mm. |
2n | = 14, 28. |
= 28. |
Sida spinosa |
Sida lindheimeri |
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Phenology | Flowering year-round in warmer areas, summer elsewhere. | Flowering spring–fall. |
Habitat | Roadsides, pastures, disturbed ground | Open, sandy shrublands and woodlands |
Elevation | 0–1500 m [0–4900 ft] | 10–300 m [30–1000 ft] |
Distribution |
AL; AR; AZ; DC; FL; GA; IA; IL; IN; KS; KY; LA; MA; MD; MI; MO; MS; NC; NE; NJ; OH; OK; PA; SC; TN; TX; VA; WV; ON; Mexico; Central America; South America; West Indies
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LA; TX; Mexico (Tamaulipas) |
Discussion | A small spur sometimes is present on the abaxial side of the petiole at the juncture with the stem, to which the specific epithet refers. It is not a spine and occasionally is absent. (Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.) |
Specimens from Florida identified as Sida lindheimeri are generally misidentified individuals of S. elliottii. Sida lindheimeri is widespread and occasionally common in south-central and southernmost Texas in approximately 40 counties, and it has been reported from Cameron and East Feliciana parishes in Louisiana. (Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.) |
Source | FNA vol. 6, p. 318. | FNA vol. 6, p. 315. |
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Synonyms | S. alba, S. alnifolia, S. angustifolia, S. heterocarpa | S. elliottii var. texana, S. texana |
Name authority | Linnaeus: Sp. Pl. 2: 683. (1753) | Engelmann & A. Gray: Boston J. Nat. Hist. 5: 213. (1845) |
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