Plants of South Eastern New South Wales
Sida rhombifolia
Common name
Paddy's lucerne, Common sida
Family
Malvaceae
Where found
Woodland, grassy areas, roadsides, gardens, and other disturbed sites. Coast, ranges, and the eastern edge of the tablelands.
Notes
Introduced shrub or woody perennial herb to 2 m tall. Stems stellate hairy (needs a hand lens or a macro app on your phone/tablet to see) to hairless. Leaves alternating up the stems, 1.5-9 cm long, 3-40 mm wide, surfaces dark green, upper surface almost hairless, lower surface pale and densely stellate-hairy, margins toothed towards the leaf tips, entire at the leaf base. Flowers 15-20 mm in diameter, with yellow to pale orange petals. Flowers single. Flowers most of the year.
PlantNET description: http://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/cgi-bin/NSWfl.pl?page=nswfl&lvl=sp&name=Sida~rhombifolia (accessed 4 February, 2021)
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