Sidastrum paniculatum
Brittonia 30: 453. 1978.
Common names: Cadillo liso
Illustrated
Basionym: Sida paniculata Linnaeus Syst. Nat. ed. 10, 2: 1145. 1759
Synonyms: S. atrosanguinea Jacquin S. capillaris Cavanilles S. floribunda Kunth
Plants 1–3 m. Stems roughly stellate-hairy, hairs somewhat ferruginous. Leaves: stipules 6–7 mm; petiole: proximal 1/3 length of blade, distal subsessile; blade slightly discolorous, 3–13 × 1–7 cm (reduced distally), apex acute. Panicles 100+-flowered. Pedicels capillary, 1–3.5 cm, often subtended by 3 stipuliform bracts. Flowers: calyx 2–3 mm, stellate-hairy; petals 3 mm, glabrous; staminal column purple, subequal to corolla, hairy; style exserted, pallid. Schizocarps 4–5 mm diam., puberulent; mericarps 2.5 mm. 2n = 32.
Phenology: Flowering year-round.
Habitat: Open shrublands, coastal thickets
Elevation: 0–300 m
Distribution
Tex., e, s Mexico, West Indies, Central America, South America, Africa
Discussion
Selected References
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Lower Taxa
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"/3lengthofblade" is not declared as a valid unit of measurement for this property.
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monadelphous +
absent +
acute +
clawlike +
veined +
discolorous +
absent +
stipuliform +
stellate-hairy +
not inflated +
not accrescent +
2;3;5 +
Cadillo liso +
reflexed +
subsessile +
sparse;copious +
connate +
stellate-hairy +
not indurate +
syncarpous +
ferruginous +
Present +
tough-fibrous +
deciduous +
absent +
indehiscent +
not evanescent +
arranged +
spiral +
cauline +
unribbed +
cupuliform +
dentate +
wedge--shaped +
2.5 cm25 mm <br />0.025 m <br /> (?) +
3-40-carpellate +
superior +
(1-)2-many +
100+-flowered +
capillary +
glabrous +
3 cm30 mm <br />0.03 m <br /> (?) +
proximal +
palmate +
Brittonia +
1978 +
puberulent +
glabrous +
reniform +
folliclelike +
persistent +
connate +
Illustrated +
5;many +
connate +
falling +
included +
toothed +
subequal +
absent +
not viscid +
erect +
stellate-hairy +
capitate +
1-2 times number of carpels +
persistent +
subulate +
5[-10]-branched +
pallid +
exserted +
stellate-hairy +
Sidastrum paniculatum +
Sidastrum +
species +
mucilaginous +
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