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Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Rosids: Malvids: Malvales

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Sida spinosa   FAMILY Malvaceae   Go to FSUS key



SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Sida spinosa   FAMILY Malvaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)

Sida spinosa

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 6 (2015)

Sida spinosa

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)

Sida spinosa

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 122-05-001:

Sida spinosa   FAMILY Malvaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)

Sida spinosa

 

COMMON NAME:
Prickly Fanpetals, Prickly Sida, Prickly Mallow, False-mallow


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image of Sida spinosa, Prickly Fanpetals, Prickly Sida, Prickly Mallow, False-mallow

USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913    pnd_sisp_001_lvd

        

image of Sida spinosa, Prickly Fanpetals, Prickly Sida, Prickly Mallow, False-mallow

USDA / Selected Weeds of the US. 1970    swus_page_265

        

image of Sida spinosa, Prickly Fanpetals, Prickly Sida, Prickly Mallow, False-mallow

Richard and Teresa Ware    rtw_sida_spinosa_2

August        

image of Sida spinosa, Prickly Fanpetals, Prickly Sida, Prickly Mallow, False-mallow

JK Marlow    jkm0509f_02

September    Greenville County    SC

Tall Pines Wildlife Management Area

image of Sida spinosa, Prickly Fanpetals, Prickly Sida, Prickly Mallow, False-mallow

JK Marlow    jkm100903_575

September    Greenville County    SC

Swamp Rabbit Trail

Peduncles about as long as the short leafstalks, per Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains (Smith, 1998).


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image of Sida spinosa, Prickly Fanpetals, Prickly Sida, Prickly Mallow, False-mallow

Richard and Teresa Ware    rtw_sida_spinosa

September        

image of Sida spinosa, Prickly Fanpetals, Prickly Sida, Prickly Mallow, False-mallow

JK Marlow    jkm081102_153

November    Edgefield County    SC

Sumter National Forest: Edgefield Ranger District

The specific epithet refers to the short spine at the base of each petiole, per Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains (Smith, 1998).

image of Sida spinosa, Prickly Fanpetals, Prickly Sida, Prickly Mallow, False-mallow

JK Marlow    jkm081102_155

November    Edgefield County    SC

Sumter National Forest: Edgefield Ranger District

Lanceolate leaves, per Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains (Smith, 1998).


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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Sida spinosa   FAMILY Malvaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Sida spinosa   FAMILY Malvaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Sida spinosa

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 6
Sida spinosa

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Sida spinosa

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 122-05-001:
Sida spinosa   FAMILY Malvaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Sida spinosa

 

Find by SCIENTIFIC NAME:

1378

Forb
Annual

Habitat: Disturbed areas, wet fields, per Weakley's Flora

Non-native: Tropics

Common (uncommon in GA Coastal Plain)

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IS THE PLANT "ARMED"?
Stems with a spine subtending each leaf

LEAVES:
Simple
Alternate

FLOWER:
Spring/Summer/Fall
Orange-yellow
5 sepals united at base
5 petals united at base
Stamens united to form a staminal column surrounding ovary and styles
Superior ovary

Flowers solitary in leaf axils, sometimes appearing as two due to short branch

FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Capsule

 

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