Native Plants
Digital Herbaria
Abutilon fruticosum
Abutilon fruticosum Guill. & Perr.
Indian Mallow, Texas Indian Mallow
Malvaceae (Mallow Family)
USDA Symbol: ABFR3USDA Native Status: L48 (N)
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Specimen & Label Data
Abutilon fruticosum
Pelotazo
Malvaceae
Location: 500 m E of Harry Wurzbach Dr, on Edge of sidewalk, N side of S Oakwell Farms Pky, San Antonio.Latitude: 0.000000
Habitat: Sunny, dry, level, alkaline, alluvial soil.
Description: Herbaceous, branched above, to 6 dm tall. Leaves thick, ovate-cordate, acute, irregularly serrate, to 1 dm long. Flowers solitary in axils. Petals orange-yellow.
County: Bexar
Collector: Harry Cliffe
Collection Date: Oct 10, 1994
Specimen number: 695
Herbarium Owner: NPSOT
Herbarium ID: 1113
Accession Date: Feb 28, 1998
Accession Number: 104
Annotations: SCXRB (In flower). [=A. incanum]