Wild Flowering Plants
| Malvaceae family Pseudabutilon umbellatum (Linnaeus) Fryxell, Contr. Univ. Michigan Herb. 21: 190. 1997. Bas.: Sida umbellata Linnaeus (1759). Syn.: Abutilon umbellatum (Linnaeus) Sweet (1826). Indigenous herb and shrub (scandent at maturity) of deciduous seasonal forest and savanna, Moule a Chique, Vieux Fort. Anguilla, St. Martin, St. Barthélemy, Antigua, Montserrat, Guadeloupe, St. Lucia, St. Vincent, the Grenadines, Grenada, rest of West Indies, North America, Mesoamerica, South America. Soft velvety leaves. A long pedicel distinguishes it from the more common Sida cordifolia. Also S. cordifolia has an orange centre to the yellow flower. |
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