ON THIS PLANT
Sida spinosa, the prickly fanpetals, is a widespread species of flowering plant in the family Malvaceae. It is native to the seasonally dry tropics and subtropics, including Latin America, the Caribbean, Africa, Madagascar, parts of the Middle East, and the Indian Subcontinent, and it has been introduced to many other locales. A subshrub or herb 0.2 to 1.0 m high, it is typically found in disturbed situations such as roadsides and pastures.
CHARACTERISTICS
Botanical profile.
- Plant Type
- Herb
- Life Cycle
- Annual, Perennial
- Genus
- Sida
- Family
- Malvaceae
- Hardiness Zone
- 5-10
- Mature Height
- 10 cm to 91 cm
- Mature Spread
- 30 cm
- Leaf Color
- Green, Blue
- Leaf Type
- Deciduous
- Flower Color
- Yellow
- Flower Size
- 0.51 cm to 0.76 cm
- Bloom Time
- Summer, Fall
- Planting Time
- Spring, Summer, Autumn
- Harvest Time
- Late summer, Fall, Early winter
- Native Area
- Sri Lanka, Burkina Faso, Belize, India, Mexico, Guatemala, Pakistan, Nigeria, Uganda, Benin, Sierra Leone, Indonesia, Mozambique, Ethiopia, Saudi Arabia, Honduras, Peru, Philippines, Panama, Chad, China, Colombia, Japan, Togo, El Salvador, Senegal, Eswatini, Ecuador, Costa Rica, Gambia, Congo (DRC), Somalia, Lesotho, Egypt, Angola, Namibia, Rwanda, Eritrea, Yemen, Niger, Jamaica, Zimbabwe, Russia, Mali, Cuba, Venezuela, Brazil, Oman, Ghana, Botswana, Congo, South Africa, Zambia, Sudan, Mauritania, Guinea, Bahamas, Bolivia, Myanmar, Guyana, Bhutan, Nicaragua
ALSO KNOWN AS
Other names.
en Spiny sida en Prickly sida en Prickly-mallow en Spring Sida en Prickly Fanpetals en Indian mallow en False mallow en Teaweed en White broomweed
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