Abutilon berlandieri A.Gray

Berlandier's indian mallow (en)

Species

Angiosperms > Malvales > Malvaceae > Abutilon

Characteristics

Shrubs, 0.5–1.5 m. Stems erect, roughly stellate-pubescent with minute intermingled glandular hairs. Leaves: stipules subulate, 3–10 mm; petiole shorter than blade; blade slightly discolorous, ovate, 2.5–10 cm, slightly longer than wide, base truncate to cordate, margins obscurely crenate to serrate, apex acute, sometimes acuminate, surfaces roughly pubescent. Inflorescences solitary flowers or racemes or panicles. Flowers: calyx 8–13 mm, basally cuneate, lobes basally overlapping, erect in fruit, acuminate, to 8 mm wide; corolla orange-yellow throughout, petals 10 mm; staminal column pubescent; style 8–10-branched. Schizocarps ± ovoid, 10–13 × 10–13 mm; mericarps: apex acuminate, surface with both stellate and glandular hairs. Seeds 3 per mericarp, 3 mm, uniformly puberulent. 2n = 42.
Life form perennial
Growth form shrub
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Foliage retention deciduous
Sexuality hermaphrodite
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Mature height (meter) 0.5 - 1.5
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Hardiness (USDA) 6-11

Usage

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Cultivation

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Germination duration (days) 21 - 30
Germination temperacture (C°) 21 - 26
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Distribution

Abutilon berlandieri world distribution map, present in Mexico and United States of America

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:558120-1
WFO ID wfo-0000511776
COL ID 8MY6
BDTFX ID -
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Synonyms

Abutilon berlandieri