Abutilon bidentatum
Hochst. ex A. Rich., Tent. Fl. Abyss. 68. 1847; Masters in
Fl. Brit. India 1: 326. 1874.
Undershrubs, annual or perennial; stems, petioles and pedicels densely woolly with
stellate and simple hairs. Leaves 1.5 -
20 x 1 - 17 cm, ovate, cordate at base, acute or
scarcely acuminate at apex, irregularly toothed, densely pubescent with stellate and few
simple hairs on both surfaces; petioles 1 -
17 cm long; stipules 1 -
2 mm long, subulate.
Flowers axillary, solitary or in panicles; pedicels 2 -
4 cm long, jointed towards apex.
Calyx ca 6 mm across, cup-shaped, divided up to the middle, lobes 5 -
6 x 2 - 3 mm, ovate,
acute, densely pubescent with stellate and simple hairs outside and with long simple hairs
inside. Corolla yellow; petals 5 - 7 x 3 - 4 mm. Staminal column 2 - 3 mm long,
stellate-hairy, filaments 0.5 -
1 mm long. Schizocarps ca 1 cm across; mericarps 16 - 20,
ca 10 x 5 mm, oblong, gradually acuminate, bidentate at apex, marginal portion densely
stellate-hairy, 3-seeded. Seeds ca 1.5 mm across, reniform, minutely stellate-hairy,
brownish black.
KEY TO THE VARIETIES
| 1a. leaves1.5 - 5 x 1 - 4.5 cm; petioles 1 - 3.5 cm long | 1.1. bidentatum |
| b. Leaves 20 x 17 cm; petioles up to 17 cm long | 1.2. major |
