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 Leaves Ries Lindley @http://swbiodiversity.org, Usage Rights: Attribution-Non-Commercial (CC BY-NC) |  Plant Sue Carnahan @http://swbiodiversity.org, Usage Rights: CC BY-NC (Attribution-Non-Commercial) |  Fruit Sue Carnahan @http://swbiodiversity.org, Usage Rights: CC BY-NC (Attribution-Non-Commercial) | | | |
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Origin:
Native
Life Cycle:
Perennial Similar Species: Abutilon californicum, Abutilon berlandieri, Abutilon pringlei
General Desc:
Form somewhat shrubby, slightly woody at the base; stems slender, erect with soft hairs, becoming smooth; all herbage is covered with hairs forming star-like clusters; stamens in a hairy column; dry fruit splits apart at maturity.
Identification notes: Dark green to grayish-green subshrub to 5 feet tall, mostly ascending-erect stems, star-like hairs throughout; leaves to 4 inches long, longer than wide; yellowish-orange flowers; sepals shorter than fruits; fruits have 8 to 10 sections.
Height:
To 5 feet
Habitat Description: Open arid habitat, often at the base of granite boulders.
Plant Communities:
Desert Scrub, Interior Chaparral
Elevation: Below 4000 feet
Color:
Yellowish-orange
Shape:
Regular in elongated clusters
Tubular:
N
Flowering Period:
Aug - Dec
Description:
Sepals 1/2 inch long, tips squared off; pedicel (stalk of a single flower in a seedhead) to 2 inches long, solitary or in elongated clusters, petals 5, 1/2 inch long; stamens are fused in a central column that surrounds an 8 to 10 branched style.
Leaf Color:
Dark green to grayish-green
Leaf Type:
Simple
Leaf Shape:
Triangular
Leaf Margin:
Toothed
Leaf Attachment:
Alternate
Leaves Clasp:
N
Hairs:
Leaves and stems
Spines:
N
Leaf Description:
Stems slender, upright, sparsely hairy becoming smooth; stipules 1/4 to 1/2 inch; leaves alternate and broadly ovate, 3/4 to 4 inches long, tapering to a sharp point, toothed along the margin, dark green above, with very dense gray matted hairs below.
Fruit Color: Brown
Fruit Notes: The dry fruit (schizocarp) splits at maturity into 8 to 10 seeded sections; each is 1/2 inch diameter, 3/4 inch long covered with short, soft hairs forming a star shape, longer simple hairs on lower margin.
Seed Notes: Seeds are 3 per section, 1/8 inch, net-veined and minutely roughened.
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