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Abutilon permolle
Also called Velvety Abutilon
Coastal Indian mallow is a shrub up to about 2 m tall with velvety, heart-shaped leaves and yellow to orange-yellow flowers, native to the seasonally dry tropics of Central America, the Caribbean and southern Florida. It is a species within the large genus Abutilon, so features like velvety leaves and bright flowers help separate it from related species.
Abutilon permolle, the coastal Indian mallow, also known as velvety abutilon and other names, is a species of shrub native to Central America, the Greater Antilles, and southern Florida in the USA. It belongs to the family Malvaceae.
In the USA, Abutilon permolle occurs only in southern Florida. In southeastern Mexico it is found in the Yucatan Peninsula and the southernmost state of Chiapas. In Central America it is documented in Belize, Guatemala and Honduras. In the Caribbean area it is found in the Greater Antilles, the Turks and Caicos Islands and The Bahamas.
Monkeybush · Ko'oloa 'ula · Palmer's Indian mallow · Velvetleaf · Indian mallow
Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Abutilon permolle by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.
The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.
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.
