Abutilon incanum - Pelotazo
Plant Name
Scientific Name: Abutilon incanum
Common Names: Pelotazo, Hoary Abutilon
Plant Characteristics
Duration: Perennial
Growth Habit: Subshrub, Herb/Forb
Arizona Native Status: Native
Habitat: Desert
Flower Color: Pink, White, Yellow
Flowering Season: Spring, Summer, Fall
Height: To 40 inches (1 m) tall
Description: The 3/4 inch (1.9 cm) wide flowers have a central column of stamens and 5, red-veined petals, each with a dark red basal spot. The flowers are followed by fuzzy green, drying to brown seed capsules with 5 mericarps. The leaves are elongated heart-shaped with toothed margins and a petiole half of the length of the leaf blade. The leaves and stems are densely covered in short, silvery velvet hair.
Classification
Kingdom: Plantae - Plants
Subkingdom: Tracheobionta - Vascular plants
Superdivision: Spermatophyta - Seed plants
Division: Magnoliophyta - Plants
Class: Magnoliopsida - Dicotyledons
Subclass: Dilleniidae
Order: Malvales
Family: Malvaceae - Mallow family
Genus: Abutilon Mill. - Indian mallow
Species: Abutilon incanum (Link) Sweet - pelotazo
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