Texas Wildbuds
Abutilon trisulcatum
(Anglestem Indian Mallow)
Abutilon trisulcatum, Resaca de la Palma State Park, Cameron Co. 3626
Abutilon trisulcatum, Resaca de la Palma State Park, Cameron Co. 3623
Abutilon trisulcatum, Resaca de la Palma State Park, Cameron Co. 3612
Abutilon trisulcatum, Resaca de la Palma State Park, Cameron Co. 3617
Abutilon trisulcatum, Resaca de la Palma State Park, Cameron Co. 3620
| Scientific Name | Abutilon trisulcatum | USDA PLANTS Symbol | ABTR |
| Common Name | Anglestem Indian Mallow, Amantillo | ITIS Taxonomic Serial No. | 181987 |
| Family | Malvaceae (Mallow) | SEINet Reference |
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| Description | Habitat: Dry soils in palm groves, thickets, shrublands, disturbed areas and roadsides. Plant: Shrub up to 5+ feet tall; erect, branching stems with three longitudinal grooves (sulcate) and minute pubescent hairs; viscid with glandular hairs near the flowers. Leaves: Alternate, broadly ovate with cordate bases and acuminate tips; 2-3/8 to 4-1/3 inches long and not as wide, smaller upwards; on petioles 1/4 to 3/4 as long as the blade; edges are crenulate-serrate; surfaces are velvety. Inflorescence: Flowers either solitary on slender peduncles arising from leaf axils or in open panicles with a few flowers; flowers are less than 1/2-inch across, yellow, often with dark red center and cup-shaped with 5 petals that are sometimes reflexed; stamen column is 2+ mm long, style is 5-branched Bloom Period: January to April. References: "Manual of the Vascular Plants of Texas" by Correll and Johnston, Weeds of Mexico and Flora of North America. |
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Texas Status: Native |
Banner photo of Castilleja indivisa and Lupinus ssp. taken along FM 1323 north of Johnson City, Blanco County
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