Abutilon fruticosum Guill. & Perr.
Descripción
Subshrubs 1-1.5 m tall, the stems terete, stellate-tomentulose. Leaf blades 2-10cm long (often smaller), ovate, cordate, irregularly serrate, acute, densely tomentulose; petioles 1/2-1/3 the length of the blades; stipules ca. 2 mm long, subulate. Flowers solitary in the leaf axils or more or less aggregated into terminal panicles; pedicels 0.5~2 cm long, articulated 2-5 mm below the flowers; calyx 3-5 mm long, ca. half-divided, the lobes lance-ovate, erect in flower to reflexed in fruit; corolla rotate, without a dark center, the petals 5-10 mm long, yellow, the margins of the claw glabrous; staminal column 2-3 mm tall, glabrous, pallid, the filaments ca. 1 mm long, the anthers yellow; styles 6-9. Fruits 8-9 mm long, about as wide, caskshaped, tomentulose; mericarps 6-9, 3-seeded, apically acute or apiculate; seeds 2 mm long, blackish, minutely pubescent (appearing glabrous). Chromosome number: 2n = 14.A
Distribución
México (país) Nativo y no endémicoA
Ecología y Hábitat
Occurs in relatively open, arid habitats. It flowers more or less throughout the year.A
Tipo de vegetación
No especificadoA
Categoría IUCN
No incluidaB
Categoría NOM-059-SEMARNAT-2010
No incluidaC