Plants of South Eastern New South Wales

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Sida corrugata

Common name

Corrugated sida, Variable sida

Family

Malvaceae

Where found

Dry forest, woodland, grassy areas, and disturbed sites. Coast, ranges, and tablelands, north of Kiama. Western Slopes. Occasionally elsewhere.

Notes

Perennial herb, prostrate to sprawling, to 30 cm diameter. Stems stellate hairy (needs a hand lens or a macro app on your phone/tablet to see) to hairless. Leaves more or less alternating along the stems, 1-3 cm long, 7-30 mm wide, stellate hairy, upper surface dark green to grey-green, lower surface paler with a denser pubescence, sometimes almost scaly, margins toothed or scalloped  Flowers 4-7 mm long, with 5 yellow petals 3–7 mm long, in clusters of 1-4 flowers. Flowers most of year.

All native plants on unleased land in the ACT are protected.

PlantNET description:  http://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/cgi-bin/NSWfl.pl?page=nswfl&lvl=sp&name=Sida~corrugata  (accessed 4 February, 2021)