Sida santaremensis

Monteiro

Monogr. Malv. Bras. 1: 44, plate 8. 1936.

Common names: Brazilian sida moth fanpetals
Introduced
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 6. Treatment on page 318. Mentioned on page 312.

Subshrubs, to 1 m. Stems erect, sparsely stellate-hairy, hairs to 0.5 mm. Leaves: stipules free from petiole, 1-veined, linear, 7 mm, subequal to petiole; petiole 3–10 mm, 1/5 times length of blade, densely stellate-hairy distally; blade broadly elliptic to subrhombic, to 5.5 cm, 2–3.5 times longer than wide, smaller and narrower upward, base truncate to rounded, margins dentate almost to base, apex acute, surfaces evenly stellate-hairy, densely so abaxially. Inflorescences usually axillary solitary flowers. Pedicels slender, to 2 cm, usually 3+ times longer than calyx, 2 times as long as subtending petiole. Flowers: calyx ribbed, 6–7 mm, stellate-hairy, lobes triangular; petals cream or pale-yellow with reddish spot at base, 10 mm; staminal column glabrous; style 11-branched. Schizocarps oblate-conic, 5–6 mm diam., subglabrous apically; mericarps 11, 4–5 mm, dorsal wall somewhat sunken, lateral walls smooth to obscurely reticulate, apex short-apiculate, with few antrorse hairs. 2n = 14.


Phenology: Flowering spring–fall.
Habitat: Sandy, disturbed areas
Elevation: 0–100 m

Distribution

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Introduced; Fla., South America (Argentina), South America (Bolivia), South America (Brazil)

Discussion

Sida santaremensis is a relatively recent introduction around Tampa (P. A. Fryxell et al. 1984). It often is infected with the sida golden mosaic virus.

Selected References

None.

Lower Taxa

None.

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... more about "Sida santaremensis"
Paul A. Fryxell† +  and Steven R. Hill +
Monteiro +
truncate +  and rounded +
asymmetric +  and symmetric +
broadly elliptic +  and subrhombic +
smaller +
0 cm0 mm <br />0 m <br /> (5.5 cm55 mm <br />0.055 m <br />) +
stellate-hairy +
0.6 cm6 mm <br />0.006 m <br /> (0.7 cm7 mm <br />0.007 m <br />) +
indehiscent +  and loculicidal +
Brazilian sida +  and moth fanpetals +
reddish +, red-orange +, salmon-pink +, yellow-orange +, yellow +, cream +  and white +
Fla. +, South America (Argentina) +, South America (Bolivia) +  and South America (Brazil) +
well-differentiated +
0–100 m +
sparse;copious +
pistillate +  and staminate +
unisexual +  and bisexual +
hairy +  and glabrous +
muticous +
Sandy, disturbed areas +
0 cm0 mm <br />0 m <br /> (0.05 cm0.5 mm <br />5.0e-4 m <br />) +
tough-fibrous +
connate +  and distinct +
dehiscent +  and indehiscent +
subsessile +  and petiolate +
triangular +
wedge--shaped +
0.4 cm4 mm <br />0.004 m <br /> (0.5 cm5 mm <br />0.005 m <br />) +
3-40-carpellate +
(1-)2-many +
3+ times longer than calyx +
0 cm0 mm <br />0 m <br /> (2 cm20 mm <br />0.02 m <br />) +
reddish spot;pale-yellow;cream +
adnate +  and distinct +
10 cm100 mm <br />0.1 m <br /> (?) +
stellate-hairy +
0.3 cm3 mm <br />0.003 m <br /> (1 cm10 mm <br />0.01 m <br />) +
Flowering spring–fall. +
Monogr. Malv. Bras. +
5mm +  and 6mm +
oblate-conic +
reniform +
persistent +
Introduced +
sessile +  and subsessile +
stellate-hairy +
filiform +, linear +  and capitate +
1-2 times number of carpels +
usually linear +  and lanceolate or falcate +
subequal +
7 cm70 mm <br />0.07 m <br /> (?) +
stellate-hairy +
Dictyocarpus +, Malvinda +  and Pseudomalachra +
Sida santaremensis +
species +
perennial +  and annual +
monoecious +, dioecious +  and hermaphroditic +