Abutilon hypoleucum A.Gray

Whiteleaf indian mallow (en)

Species

Angiosperms > Malvales > Malvaceae > Abutilon

Characteristics

Shrubs, 0.5–1.5 m. Stems erect, sparsely to densely stellate-pubescent, sometimes also with few simple hairs to 2 mm. Leaves: stipules subulate, 2–4 mm; petiole 1/2 to as long as blade; blade markedly discolorous, narrowly ovate, 5–11 cm, to 2 times as long as wide, base cordate, margins crenate, apex acute or slightly acuminate, surfaces densely soft-tomentose abaxially, sparsely scabridulous adaxially. Inflorescences solitary flowers. Flowers: calyx 10–15 mm, lobes basally overlapping, erect, broadly cordate, accrescent to 25 mm, to 20 mm wide; corolla yellow or yellow-orange throughout, petals 15–25 mm; staminal column glabrous; style 13–15-branched. Schizocarps ± ovoid, 15 × 15 mm; mericarps: apex acuminate, surface stellate-pubescent. Seeds 3 per mericarp, 2.5 mm, minutely scabridulous. 2n = 14.
Life form perennial
Growth form shrub
Growth support -
Foliage retention deciduous
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination -
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Mature width (meter) -
Mature height (meter) 1.0 - 1.65
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Environment

Light 4-6
Soil humidity 1-3
Soil texture 1-4
Soil acidity -
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Hardiness (USDA) 8-11

Usage

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Edible -
Therapeutic use -
Human toxicity -
Animal toxicity -

Cultivation

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

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

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:317961-2
WFO ID wfo-0000511979
COL ID 8N4X
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID -
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Synonyms

Abutilon hypoleucum Abutilon subsagittatum Abutilon selerianum