Abutilon xanti A. Gray
Descripción
Erect shrubs 1.5-3 m tall, the stems green, densely and softly tomentose (hairs 0.5 mm long or longer). Leaf blades mostly 8-15 cm long, somewhat narrower to somewhat wider than long, broadly ovate or shallowly 3-lobed, deeply cordate, sharply serrate to indistinctly crenate, acuminate, discolorous, softly tomentose above and beneath; petioles often equaling the blades; stipules 5-10 mm long, subulate to filiform. Inflorescence an ample terminal panicle overtopping the leaves; pedicels 1 (-3) cm long or less, pubescent; calyx 6~8 mm long, stellate- pubescent, 1/2-2/3-divided, the lobes ovate; corolla rotate, without a dark center, the petals 7-9 mm long, yellowish or greenish white, pubescent on margins of claw, otherwise glabrous; staminal column 3 mm long, glabrous, pallid, the filaments 2 mm long, the anthers yellow; styles ca. 8, slender, pallid, notably exceeding androecium. Fruits 8-11 mm long, 9-13 mm in diameter, exceeding the calyx, stellate-pubescent and with simple hairs on suture of dehiscence; mericarps ca. 8, 3- seeded, apically acute or apiculate, dark brown or blackish at maturity; seeds 3 mm long, banded-muriculate, dark brown. Chromosome number: 2n = 14.A
Distribución
México (país) EndémicoA
Tipo de vegetación
Desierto Matorral de otro tipoA
Categoría IUCN
No incluidaB
Categoría NOM-059-SEMARNAT-2010
No incluidaC