Abutilon thurberi

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Abutilon thurberi
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Malvales
Family: Malvaceae
Genus: Abutilon
Species:
A. thurberi
Binomial name
Abutilon thurberi
Synonyms [1]
  • Pseudabutilon sonoraeWiggins
  • Pseudabutilon thurberi(A.Gray) Fryxell

Abutilon thurberi, common name Thurber's Indian mallow, is a plant native to Arizona and Sonora. It is an erect or decumbent subshrub less than one meter tall, with yellow flowers up to six millimeters in diameter. It occurs in shaded locations in the mountains. [2]

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References

  1. 1 2 "A. Gray". Tropicos . Missouri Botanical Garden . Retrieved 18 April 2017.
  2. Fryxell, P.A. 1993 Malvaceae, Mallow Family. Journal of the Arizona-Nevada Academy of Science 27:222-236.