OF THE CAROLINAS & GEORGIA

Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Rosids: Malvids: Malvales

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (2/8/20):
Sida elliottii var. elliottii   FAMILY Malvaceae   Go to FSUS key


INCLUDING & INCLUDED WITHIN PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Sida elliottii   FAMILY Malvaceae

INCLUDING Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)

Sida inflexa

INCLUDED WITHIN VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 122-05-004:

Sida elliottii   FAMILY Malvaceae

INCLUDED WITHIN Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)

Sida elliottii

 

COMMON NAME:
Coastal Plain Sida, Elliott's Fanpetals


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image of Sida elliottii var. elliottii, Coastal Plain Sida, Elliott's Fanpetals

USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913    pnd_siel_001_lvd

        

image of Sida elliottii var. elliottii, Coastal Plain Sida, Elliott's Fanpetals

Keith Bradley    kab_sida_elliottii_0333

May    Miami-Dade County    FL

Everglades National Park

image of Sida elliottii var. elliottii, Coastal Plain Sida, Elliott's Fanpetals

Richard and Teresa Ware    rtw_sida_elliottii_2

August        

Flowers an almost translucent yellow, petals rounded to slightly notched, per Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians (Horn, Cathcart, Hemmerly, & Duhl, 2005).


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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (2/8/20):
Sida elliottii var. elliottii   FAMILY Malvaceae

INCLUDING & INCLUDED WITHIN PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Sida elliottii   FAMILY Malvaceae

INCLUDING Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Sida inflexa

INCLUDED WITHIN VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 122-05-004:
Sida elliottii   FAMILY Malvaceae

INCLUDED WITHIN Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Sida elliottii

 

Find by SCIENTIFIC NAME:

3785

Forb
Perennial

Habitat: Stream banks, sandy openings, pineland pond margins, limestone glades and barrens, mesic hammocks, per Weakley's Flora

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

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IS THE PLANT "ARMED"?
Stems not armed

LEAVES:
Simple
Alternate

FLOWER:
Summer/Fall
Orange-yellow
5 sepals united at base
5 petals united at base
Stamens united to form a staminal column surrounding ovary and styles
Superior ovary

Flowers solitary in leaf axils

FRUIT:
Summer/Fall

 

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