Status: Native
Synonyms:
None
Abutilon parvulum is a decumbent to erect perennial herb that is woody at the base. The stems, leaves and fruits are densely stellate pubescent. The leaves are cordate at the base and acute at the apex. They are coarsely dentate. The schizocarp is 7-9mm in diameter, considerably smaller and thicker walled than the 12mm diameter membranous fruits of Herissantia which Abutilon parvulum resembles. The sepals under the schizocarp reflex at maturity. The mericarps contain several seeds each. Abutilon parvulum is found on rocky shelves above drainages and canyons.
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Abutilon parvulum, photo Russ Kleinman & Deming Gustafson, Burro Mtns., Engineer Canyon, October 17, 2009
Abutilon parvulum, herbage and schizocarp, photo Russ Kleinman & Deming Gustafson, Burro Mtns., Engineer Canyon, October 17, 2009
Abutilon parvulum, closeup of schizocarp, photo Russ Kleinman & Deming Gustafson, Burro Mtns., Engineer Canyon, October 17, 2009
Abutilon parvulum, schizocarps, photo Russ Kleinman & Deming Gustafson, Burro Mtns., Engineer Canyon, October 17, 2009
Abutilon parvulum, macro of pubescent and heartshaped seeds, photo Russ Kleinman & Deming Gustafson, Burro Mtns., Engineer Canyon, October 17, 2009
Abutilon parvulum, macro of stellate canescent stems & leaves, photo Russ Kleinman & Deming Gustafson, Burro Mtns., Engineer Canyon, October 17, 2009
Abutilon parvulum, flower, photo Angela Flanders, Burro Mtns., Engineer Canyon, September 24, 2009
Abutilon parvulum, closeup of flower, photo Russ Kleinman, Bill Norris & the Range Vegetation Lab Fall 2009, City of Rocks State Park, October 19, 2009
Abutilon parvulum, field macro of flower, photo Russ Kleinman, Bill Norris & the Range Vegetation Lab Fall 2009, City of Rocks State Park, October 19, 2009
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