Sida abutilifolia P. Miller. Common name: Creeping Sida, Spreading Fanpetals. Phenology: (Jan-) Apr-Oct (-Dec). Habitat: Rockland hammocks (FL), coastal rock barrens (FL), rocky or sandy grasslands or woodlands, dry disturbed areas. Distribution: S. FL; West Indies; sw. United States (OK, TX, NM, AZ) south through Mexico and Central America to South America. Sometimes (unwarrantedly) considered all or partly introduced in the United States.
Origin/Endemic status: Native
Synonymy ⓘ: = FNA6, POWO, WI; = Sida abutifolia Mill. — Fl4, K4, Mex, NcTx, NS, WH3, Fryxell (1985), orthographic variant; = Sida procumbens Sw. — S; > Sida diffusa Kunth — S13; > Sida filicaulis Torr. & A.Gray — Tx; > Sida filiformis Moric. — S13, nom. illeg.; > Sida supina L'Hér. — S13. Basionym: Sida abutilifolia Mill. 1768
Links to other floras: = Sida abutilifolia - FNA6
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Heliophily ⓘ: 9
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