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mauve

Habit Herbs or subshrubs, perennial, 1–2 m. Stems erect, stellate-tomentulose and with simple hairs 2–4 mm.
Leaves

stipules filiform, 8 mm;

petiole subequal to blade;

blade ± discolorous, ovate, mostly 6–10 cm, longer than wide, base cordate, margins crenate, apex rounded-acute, surfaces softly tomentulose.

Inflorescences

solitary flowers.

Flowers

calyx 12–15 mm, lobes basally overlapping, erect, cordate, accrescent to 15–20 mm;

corolla yellowish throughout, fading pinkish, petals 20 mm;

staminal column glabrous;

style 12-branched.

Seeds

4–6 per mericarp, 2 mm, puberulent.

Schizocarps

± oblate, 12–15 × 20–25 mm;

mericarps: apex apiculate, surface prominently hirsute, hairs 1–2 mm.

2n

= 14.

Abutilon hulseanum

Phenology Flowering winter–spring.
Habitat Roadsides, disturbed sites, secondary vegetation
Elevation 0–100 m (0–300 ft)
Distribution
from FNA
FL; LA; TX; Mexico; West Indies
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Discussion

Plants of Abutilon hulseanum are sometimes misidentified as A. pauciflorum A. Saint-Hilaire, which is known only from Bolivia, Brazil, Paraguay, and Peru.

(Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.)

Source FNA vol. 6, p. 223.
Parent taxa Malvaceae > subfam. Malvoideae > Abutilon
Sibling taxa
A. abutiloides, A. berlandieri, A. coahuilae, A. fruticosum, A. hirtum, A. hypoleucum, A. incanum, A. malacum, A. mollicomum, A. palmeri, A. parishii, A. parvulum, A. permolle, A. reventum, A. theophrasti, A. trisulcatum, A. wrightii
Synonyms Sida hulseana
Name authority (Torrey & A. Gray) Torrey ex Baker f.: J. Bot. 30: 328. (1892)
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