Sida elliottii var. elliottii

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Synonyms: Sida inflexa Fernald S. leptophylla Small
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 6. Treatment on page 314.
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Herbs or subshrubs, 0.5–1 m. Leaf-blades 3–8 cm, with or without purplish margins. Pedicels 0.5–2.5 cm. Flowers: calyx 6–10 mm, minutely stellate-hairy and hirsute at base and along ribs. Mericarps blunt to spinose apically, spines to 1 mm.


Phenology: Flowering spring–fall.
Habitat: Disturbed sites, stream banks, grasslands, open, shrubby areas, preferring sandy soil
Elevation: 0–300 m

Distribution

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Ala., Ark., Fla., Ga., La., Miss., Mo., N.C., S.C., Tenn., Va.

Discussion

Variety elliottii occurs generally north of 29°N latitude.

Selected References

None.

Lower Taxa

None.
blunt;spinose +
Paul A. Fryxell† +  and Steven R. Hill +
rounded +, truncate +, subcordate +, cordate +  and cuneate +
Sida gracilis +
3 cm30 mm <br />0.03 m <br /> (8 cm80 mm <br />0.08 m <br />) +
asymmetric +  and symmetric +
narrowly linear;narrowly elliptic +
unlobed +
2 cm20 mm <br />0.02 m <br /> (8 cm80 mm <br />0.08 m <br />) +
hirsute +  and stellate-hairy +
0.6 cm6 mm <br />0.006 m <br /> (1 cm10 mm <br />0.01 m <br />) +
indehiscent +  and loculicidal +
reddish +, red-orange +, salmon-pink +, yellow-orange +, yellow +, cream +  and white +
Ala. +, Ark. +, Fla. +, Ga. +, La. +, Miss. +, Mo. +, N.C. +, S.C. +, Tenn. +  and Va. +
well-differentiated +
0–300 m +
sparse;copious +
pistillate +  and staminate +
unisexual +  and bisexual +
hairy +  and glabrous +
muticous +
Disturbed sites, stream banks, grasslands, open, shrubby areas, preferring sandy soil +
tough-fibrous +
connate +  and distinct +
dehiscent +  and indehiscent +
subsessile +  and petiolate +
blunt +  and spinose +
3 cm30 mm <br />0.03 m <br /> (0.8 cm8 mm <br />0.008 m <br />) +
3-40-carpellate +
(1-)2-many +
0.5 cm5 mm <br />0.005 m <br /> (2.5 cm25 mm <br />0.025 m <br />) +
yellow-orange +
adnate +  and distinct +
1.2 cm12 mm <br />0.012 m <br /> (1.5 cm15 mm <br />0.015 m <br />) +
minutely puberulent +  and glabrate +
0.2 cm2 mm <br />0.002 m <br /> (0.9 cm9 mm <br />0.009 m <br />) +
Flowering spring–fall. +
Fl. N. Amer. +
6mm +  and 8mm +
glabrous +  and hairy +
reniform +
persistent +
Illustrated +
sessile +  and subsessile +
0.02 cm0.2 mm <br />2.0e-4 m <br /> (0.1 cm1 mm <br />0.001 m <br />) +
puberulent +  and glabrate +
filiform +, linear +  and capitate +
1-2 times number of carpels +
subequal +
0.5 cm5 mm <br />0.005 m <br /> (0.8 cm8 mm <br />0.008 m <br />) +
8-11-branched +
glabrous +  and hairy +
Sida inflexa +  and S. leptophylla +
Sida elliottii var. elliottii +
Sida elliottii +
variety +
subshrub +  and herb +
monoecious +, dioecious +  and hermaphroditic +