Sida elliottii var. parviflora

Chapman

Fl. South. U.S. ed. 3, 48. 1897.

Treatment appears in FNA Volume 6. Treatment on page 314.

Herbs, to 0.5 m. Leaf-blades 2–6 cm, margins usually purplish. Pedicels 0.5–4 cm. Flowers: calyx 6–9 mm, stellate-hairy basally. Mericarps spinose apically, spines 0.2–0.7 mm.


Phenology: Flowering spring–fall.
Habitat: Sandy soil to rocky limestone slopes
Elevation: 0–100 m

Distribution

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Fla., Tex., Mexico, Central America (Guatemala)

Discussion

Variety parviflora occurs generally south of 29°N latitude.

Selected References

None.

Lower Taxa

None.
blunt;spinose +
Paul A. Fryxell† +  and Steven R. Hill +
Chapman +
rounded +, truncate +, subcordate +, cordate +  and cuneate +
Sida gracilis +
2 cm20 mm <br />0.02 m <br /> (6 cm60 mm <br />0.06 m <br />) +
asymmetric +  and symmetric +
narrowly linear;narrowly elliptic +
unlobed +
2 cm20 mm <br />0.02 m <br /> (8 cm80 mm <br />0.08 m <br />) +
stellate-hairy +
0.6 cm6 mm <br />0.006 m <br /> (0.9 cm9 mm <br />0.009 m <br />) +
indehiscent +  and loculicidal +
reddish +, red-orange +, salmon-pink +, yellow-orange +, yellow +, cream +  and white +
Fla. +, Tex. +, Mexico +  and Central America (Guatemala) +
well-differentiated +
0–100 m +
sparse;copious +
pistillate +  and staminate +
unisexual +  and bisexual +
hairy +  and glabrous +
muticous +
Sandy soil to rocky limestone slopes +
tough-fibrous +
connate +  and distinct +
dehiscent +  and indehiscent +
subsessile +  and petiolate +
wedge--shaped +
3 cm30 mm <br />0.03 m <br /> (0.8 cm8 mm <br />0.008 m <br />) +
3-40-carpellate +
(1-)2-many +
0.5 cm5 mm <br />0.005 m <br /> (4 cm40 mm <br />0.04 m <br />) +
yellow-orange +
adnate +  and distinct +
1.2 cm12 mm <br />0.012 m <br /> (1.5 cm15 mm <br />0.015 m <br />) +
minutely puberulent +  and glabrate +
0.2 cm2 mm <br />0.002 m <br /> (0.9 cm9 mm <br />0.009 m <br />) +
Flowering spring–fall. +
Fl. South. U.S. ed. +
6mm +  and 8mm +
glabrous +  and hairy +
reniform +
persistent +
Illustrated +
sessile +  and subsessile +
0.02 cm0.2 mm <br />2.0e-4 m <br /> (0.07 cm0.7 mm <br />7.0e-4 m <br />) +
puberulent +  and glabrate +
filiform +, linear +  and capitate +
1-2 times number of carpels +
subequal +
0.5 cm5 mm <br />0.005 m <br /> (0.8 cm8 mm <br />0.008 m <br />) +
8-11-branched +
glabrous +  and hairy +
Dictyocarpus +, Malvinda +  and Pseudomalachra +
Sida elliottii var. parviflora +
Sida elliottii +
variety +
monoecious +, dioecious +  and hermaphroditic +