Plants of South Eastern New South Wales

Abutilon grandifolium

Flower. Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of Natural History, Department of Botany, creator WL Wagner, Hawaii, USA

Flower bud, flower, and leaves. Photographers Forest & Kim Starr, Hawaii

Young seed case and leaves. Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of Natural History, Department of Botany, creator WL Wagner, Hawaii, USA

Shrub. Photographers Forest & Kim Starr, Hawaii

Common name

Hairy Indian mallow

Family

Malvaceae

Where found

Shrubland, grassy areas, disturbed sites, near old gardens, and along streams. Coastal north of Milton.

Notes

Introduced shrub to 3 m tall. Stems with simple, stellate, and glandular hairs (needs a hand lens or a macro app on your phone/tablet to see). Leaves alternating up the stems, 1.5-18 cm long, 20-130 mm wide, margins toothed, bases deeply cordate, tips blunt to tapered gradually to a point. Flowers yellow to orange, 12-22 mm long, with 5 petals each 8-22 mm long, in 1-3 flowered clusters. Flowers Winter to Spring.

PlantNET description:  http://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/cgi-bin/NSWfl.pl?page=nswfl&lvl=sp&name=Abutilon~grandifolium   (accessed 29 April 2021)