Abutilon hirtum (Lam.) Sweet
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Authority
Britton, Nathaniel L. & Millspaugh, Charles F. 1920. The Bahama Flora.
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Family
Malvaceae
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Scientific Name
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Description
Species Description - Perennial, velvety-canescent and villous-viseid, branched, 1-5 dm. high. Leaves ovate or nearly orbicular, 15 cm. long or less, cordate at the base, irregularly crenate, the petioles as long as the blades or shorter; peduncles mostly shorter than the petioles, sometimes as long; calyx somewhat enlarged in fruit, its ovate lobes acute or acuminate; petals yellow, commonly with a purple base, 1.5-2 cm. long; carpels 15-30, very thin, a little longer than the calyx, 8-10 mm. long, mucronulate.
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Distribution
Waste lands, Harbor Island ; New Providence ( ?) : Florida ; Cuba to St. Thomas and Barbadoes ; Jamaica ; Old World tropics. Recorded by Dolley as Abutilon indicum G. Don. Hairy Abutilon.
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