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Dwarf Indian mallow

Abutilon parvulum

Also called Dwarf Abutilon

Dwarf Indian mallow
Photo: Patrick Alexander from Las Cruces, NM, CC0
Family
Malvaceae (Mallow family)
Grows as
Perennial
Native range
S. Colorado to N. Mexico
Climate
desert or dry shrubland

About

Abutilon parvulum is a species of flowering plant in the mallow family known by the common names dwarf Indian mallow and dwarf abutilon and native to the southwestern United States and northern Mexico.

This is a perennial herb growing from a woody root and producing a multibranched stem to a maximum height near 40 centimetres (16 in). The oval or heart-shaped leaves are 1 to 4 centimetres (0.39 to 1.57 in) wide. The stem and foliage are covered thinly in woolly hairs. The solitary flowers have light orange to red rounded petals just a few millimeters long. The fruit is a fuzzy body nearly a centimeter long divided into five segments.

Other Abutilon plants

Viscid Mallow · Abutilon cryptopetalum · Hiddenpetal Indian mallow · Dwarf lantern-flower · Texas Indian mallow · Hairy Indian mallow · Monkey Bush · Plain Lantern Flower · Mauve · Chinese Lantern · Pelotazo · Monkeybush

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Abutilon parvulum by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts are shared under the same licence.

Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.

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