Abutilon abutiloides
Family: Malvaceae
Plant Description: Dense, hairy, perennial or subshrub to 1 m high with ovate to roundish, heart-shaped basal leaves, 3-12 cm long, alternate. Flowers solitary, axillary or in leafy panicles. Petals 11-15 mm long, yellow-orange.
Field Identification: Dense hairiness and the yellow to orange petals about 1 cm long are important characteristics.
Plant Trivia:
Occurrence: Locally abundant on heavier loams, clay, or caliche in pasture openings, mostly in western half of our area.
Bloom Period: April – December
Plant Use:
Key to species of Abutilon:
- Stigmas and carpels more than 10……………..A. theophrasti
Stigmas and carpels usually 5-9………………………………………..2
2. Calyx 4-6 mm long; stigmas and carpels 5….A. fruticosum
Calyx 9-15 mm long……………………………………………………………..3
3. Stigmas and carpels 5-7 ………………………………………A. wrightii
Stigmas and carpels 8-9…………………………………A. abutiloides
