Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Rosids: Malvids: Malvales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Sida elliottii var. elliottii
FAMILY
Malvaceae
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Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
Read more about Sida at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Sida elliottii var. elliottii
FAMILY
Malvaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Sida elliottii var. elliottii
SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 6 (2015)
Sida elliottii var. elliottii
INCLUDING & INCLUDED WITHIN Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Sida elliottii
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
To see larger pictures, click or hover over the thumbnails.
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_siel_001_lvd
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Keith Bradley kab_sida_elliottii_0333
May Miami-Dade County FL
Everglades National Park
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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).
COMPARE
Sida species
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Sida elliottii var. elliottii
FAMILY
Malvaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Sida elliottii var. elliottii
FAMILY
Malvaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Sida elliottii var. elliottii
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 6
Sida elliottii var. elliottii
INCLUDING & INCLUDED WITHIN
Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Sida elliottii
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
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
Rare
CLICK HERE to see a map, notes, and images from Weakley's Flora of the Southeastern US.
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
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- Guide to the Wildflowers of SC, 2nd ed. (McMillan, Porcher, Rayner, & White; 2022) p337
- Wildflowers of the Atlantic Southeast (Cotterman, Waitt, & Weakley, 2019) p247
- Field Guide to the Wildflowers of Georgia (Chafin, 2016) p257
- Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians (Horn, Cathcart, Hemmerly, & Duhl, 2005) p093
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