Abutilon berlandieri |
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Berlandier's Indian mallow |
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Habit | 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. |
Seeds | 3 per mericarp, 3 mm, uniformly puberulent. |
Schizocarps | ± ovoid, 10–13 × 10–13 mm; mericarps: apex acuminate, surface with both stellate and glandular hairs. |
2n | = 42. |
Abutilon berlandieri |
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Phenology | Flowering year-round. |
Habitat | Open, arid habitats |
Elevation | 0–200 m (0–700 ft) |
Distribution |
TX; Mexico (Coahuila, Nuevo León, Tamaulipas) |
Discussion | Abutilon berlandieri is found in southern Texas and is scarce elsewhere. (Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.) |
Source | FNA vol. 6, p. 222. |
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Name authority | A. Gray ex S. Watson: Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts 20: 358. (1885) |
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