Sonoran indian mallow (Abutilon grandifolium)
Description
Shrubs, 1-2 m. Stems erect, prominently hirsute, with simple hairs 2-4 mm. Leaves: stipules subulate, 5-9 mm; petiole subequal to blade, prominently hirsute; blade markedly discolorous, broadly ovate or 3-5-angulate, mostly 10-20 cm, - as long as wide, base cordate, margins irregularly crenate-serrate, apex acuminate, surfaces minutely stellate-pubescent.Flowering late summer. Open desert habitats, along water courses; 500-2200 m; Ariz., N.Mex., Tex.; Mexico (Chihuahua, Guerrero, Oaxaca, Sonora, Veracruz).Inflorescences terminal panicles. Flowers: calyx 4-6 mm, lobes not overlapping, erect in fruit, ovate; corolla yellowish throughout, petals 5-8 mm; staminal column glabrous; style 8-10-branched. Schizocarps ovoid, 8-10 - 8-10 mm; mericarps: apex short-apiculate, stellate-pubescent. Seeds 3 per mericarp, 2 mm, minutely verruculate. 2N = 14.
Taxonomic tree
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Domain: Eukarya
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Kingdom: Plantae
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Phylum: Magnoliophyta
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Class: Magnoliopsida
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Order: Malvales
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Family: Malvaceae
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Genus: Abutilon
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