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FamilyScientific Name Common NameHabitatDistributionImage
MalvaceaeSida abutilifoliaCreeping Sida, Spreading FanpetalsRockland hammocks (FL), coastal rock barrens (FL), rocky or sandy grasslands or woodlands, dry disturbed areas.S. Florida; West Indies; sw. United States (Oklahoma, Texas, New Mexico, Arizona) south through Mexico and Central America to South America. Sometimes (unwarrantedly) considered all or partly introduced in the United States.
MalvaceaeSida antillensisWest Indian SidaDisturbed coastal uplands, sandy areas.S. Florida (where possibly only introduced); West Indies; Central America.
MalvaceaeSida ciliarisBracted Sida, Fringed Sida, Salmon SidaDry open areas, disturbed areas.E., se., and s. Texas south to Mexico; West Indies; South America. Found as an apparent waif in Mobile County, Alabama by Howard Horne (pers.comm., 2025).
MalvaceaeSida cordataWaif on ore piles.Native of tropical and subtropical Asia.image of plant
(c) Lin, Cheng-Tao - CC-BY
MalvaceaeSida cordifoliaMalva Blanca, Greatleaf Sida, Llima, FlannelweedDisturbed sandhills, disturbed hammocks, roadsides, disturbed areas.Native of Old World tropics (perhaps India).image of plant
(c) Horn, Jay
MalvaceaeSida elliottii var. elliottiiCoastal Plain SidaStream banks, sandy openings, pineland pond margins, limestone glades and barrens, mesic hammocks.Var. elliottii ranges from se. Virginia south to n. Florida, west to Louisiana and north in the interior to c. Tennessee and se. Missouri.image of plant
(c) Aaron, Nathan
MalvaceaeSida elliottii var. parvifloraChapman’s SidaPine rocklands, mesic pine flatwoods, disturbed uplands.Peninsular Florida; se. Texas south into montane e. Mexico to Guatemala.
MalvaceaeSida glabra var. glabraSmooth SidaAgricultural and urban areas.Native of Neotropics.image of plant
(c) González, Oscar - CC-BY-SA
MalvaceaeSida lindheimeriShowy SidaBeaches, open sandy areas, open woodlands, scrub, disturbed areas.Native of Texas south into Mexico (Chihuahua, Coahuila, Nuevo León, Tamaulipas, Veracruz).
MalvaceaeSida linifoliaFlaxleaf SidaOn ballast, last collected in 1886 and seemingly only a waif.Native of West Indies.image of plant
(c) P, Ben - CC-BY
MalvaceaeSida littoralisFlorida SidaMaritime hammocks, disturbed open areas.Apparently endemic to c. peninsular Florida (Lee County, Captiva and La Costa islands)
MalvaceaeSida planicaulisFlatstem Sida, Brazilian WireweedDisturbed oak hammocks.Native of Brazil.
MalvaceaeSida rhombifolia var. rhombifoliaArrowleaf Sida, Axocatzin, Gombo de Sainte Jeanne (frc)Roadsides, fields, gardens, disturbed areas.Southeastern North America west to Texas, south through Mexico, Central America, and n. South America; West Indies; the original distribution of this species is uncertain, but Fryxell & Hill (2015m) and POWO (2024) suggest it is native to the Old World tropics.image of plant
(c) Hill, Sonnia
MalvaceaeSida rubromarginataRedleaf SidaDisturbed areas.Endemic to peninsular Florida (reported from Leon, Hillsborough and Sarasota counties).
MalvaceaeSida santaremensisBrazilian Sida, Moth FanpetalsSandy disturbed areas.Native of South America.
MalvaceaeSida spinosaPrickly Sida, Prickly-mallow, False-mallow, Herbe à serpent (frc)Disturbed areas, wet fields.Native of the Neotropics and Paleotropics.image of plant
(c) Ware, Richard & Teresa - CC-BY-NC, permission granted to NCBG
MalvaceaeSida tragiifoliaOn limestone or caliche.S. Texas, w. Texas, and s. Arizona south to n. Mexico (Chihuahua, Coahuila, Nuevo León, Sonora, Tamaulipas).
MalvaceaeSida ulmifoliaBroomweed, WireweedDisturbed areas.Native of the Tropics, the original northern limit uncertain. Usually considered native in peninsular Florida, but the area of nativity uncertain.image of plant
(c) Horn, Jay
MalvaceaeSida urensBristly Sida, Tropical FanpetalsDisturbed areas.Native of tropical America. Discovered as an introduction in Broward County in 2008 (Fryxell & Hill 2015m).image of plant
(c) Lourencini, Helio - CC-BY