Abutilon umbellatum (L.) Sweet
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Authority
Acevedo-Rodríguez, Pedro & collaborators. 1996. Flora of St. John, U.S. Virgin Islands. Mem. New York Bot. Gard. 78: 1-581.
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Family
Malvaceae
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Scientific Name
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Description
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Species Description - Shrub 1-2 m tall, densely stellate-pubescent. Leaf blades broadly ovate or weakly 3-lobulate, 6-12 x 4-10 cm, the apex acute or acuminate, the base cordate, the margins crenate or serrate, minutely stellate-pubescent, more densely so beneath; petioles 1.5-3 cm long; stipules 8-10 mm long. Inflorescences in few-flowered axillary umbels, these sometimes aggregated apically. Calyx 6-8 mm long, the base rounded, half-divided, prominently hirsute, the hairs sometimes 2-3 mm long; petals yellowish, 5-8 mm long. Fruit 6-10 mm diam., mericarps 6-8, with divergent apical spines 2-4 mm long, hirsute. Seeds 2 mm long, papillate.
Distribution and Ecology - Common in open disturbed areas. Fish Bay near mouth of Fish Bay Gut (A3899), Johns Folly (A3933), Ram Head Trail (W194a). Also on St. Croix, St. Thomas, Tortola, and Virgin Gorda; the West Indies and the United States (Texas) to Central and South America (Venezuela to Peru).