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 Leaves Anthony Mendoza @http://swbiodiversity.org, Usage Rights: Attribution-Non-Commercial (CC BY-NC) |  Plants Arizona State University Vascular Plant Herbarium, Usage Rights: Non-Commercial (CC BY-NC) | | | | |
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Origin:
Native
Life Cycle:
Perennial Similar Species: Abutilon pringlei
General Desc:
Flowers have a central column of fused stamens and 5 petals, not marked with maroon basal spot. The flowers are followed by fuzzy green, drying to brown seed capsules. Leaves heart-shaped with slightly toothed margins.
Identification notes: Grayish-green perennial. Often dormant with whitish stems, remnant fruits, few scraggly greenish leaves. Densely hairy with star-like hairs on leaves and stems. Leaves heart-shaped, toothed; orangish-yellow to pink petals red veined; fruits 5 sectioned.
Height:
6 feet
Habitat Description: Found on open, arid, well-drained slopes.
Plant Communities:
Desert Scrub, Interior Chaparral, Semidesert Grasslands
Elevation: 1000 - 4000 feet
Color:
Orangish-yellow to pink
Shape:
Regular not in clusters
Tubular:
N
Flowering Period:
Apr - Oct
Description:
5 broad petals; to 1-1/2 inches wide; followed by rounded segmented fruit. Flowers are axillary or sometimes in short elongated clusters near tips of branches.
Leaf Color:
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:
Grayish-green, paler beneath; very fine matted star-like hairs, somewhat oval, with tapered point; scalloped or toothed; to 3 inches long.
Fruit Color: Green
Fruit Notes: Fruits exceed the sepals, about 1/4 inch in diameter, matted woolly hairs, 3-seeded, schizocarp (a fruit that splits apart at maturity).
Seed Notes: Dark brown with sparse, slender, gray hairs.
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