Abutilon incanum

taxobox
name = "Abutilon incanum"

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regnum = Plantae
unranked_divisio = Angiosperms
unranked_classis = Eudicots
unranked_ordo = Rosids
ordo = Malvales
familia = Malvaceae
genus = "Abutilon"
species = "A. incanum"
binomial = "Abutilon incanum"
binomial_authority = (Link) Sweet|

"Abutilon icanum", also known as hoary abutilon, pelotazo, pelotazo chico, and tronadora, is a shrub widespread throughout the arid, warm regions of the southwestern United States and northern Mexico.

It grows to between 0.5 to 2 meters in height; the leaves are ovate to lance-ovate in shape, with crenate margins, and sizes ranging from 0.5 to 3 cm in width and 1.5 to 6 cm in length. The solitary 5-petalled flowers are generally orange; in ssp. "incanum" they are 6-10 mm long and orange-yellow, while in ssp. "pringlei" they are just 4-6 mm and a deep orange with maroon spots. The 5-8mm-long fruits are capsules with 4-6 cells.

It favors rocky slopes and gravelly flats, and occurs in arroyos, at elevations up to 1,370 meters. Requiring warm-season rain and mild winters, it is found in the Sonoran Desert, but not the Mojave Desert.

References

* Raymond M. Turner, Janice E. Bowers, and Tony L. Burgess, "Sonoran Desert Plants: an Ecological Atlas" (Tucson: The University of Arizona Press, 1995) pp. 10-11

External links

* [http://www.hear.org/species/abutilon_incanum/ "Abutilon incanum" information] from the [http://www.hear.org/ Hawaiian Ecosystems at Risk project (HEAR)]