Sida mysorensis

Sida mysorensis, common name in India Mysore fanpetals,[2] is a plant species native to South and Southeast Asia. It has been reported from the wild in Indonesia, Vietnam, Laos, Cambodia, Thailand, India, Pakistan and southern China, and is cultivated elsewhere. It grows in grassy slopes, on roadsides, and in forest boundaries.[3][4]

Sida mysorensis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Malvales
Family: Malvaceae
Genus: Sida
Species:
S. mysorensis
Binomial name
Sida mysorensis
Synonyms[1]
  • Sida urticifolia A.St.-Hil.
  • Sida urticifolia Wight & Arn.
  • Sida wightiana D.Dietr.

Sida mysorensis is an erect herb up to 1 m (40 inches) tall. The stem and leaves are covered with stellate and glandular hairs. Leaves are ovate (egg-shaped) to cordate (heart-shaped), up to 6 cm (2.4 inches) long. Flowers are yellow, solitary in leaf axils or at the tips of branches.[3][5][6]

Sida mysorensis is similar to S. javensis and S. cordata but distinguished by its erect habit and hairy shoots.[3]

The species is named for the City of Mysore, India.[7]

References
  1. "Sida mysorensis". Tropicos. Missouri Botanical Garden. Retrieved 23 April 2017.
  2. Flowers of India
  3. Flora of China, v 12 p 274
  4. Abedin, Sultanul. 1979. Revision of Sida Linn. from Pakistan. Pakistan Journal of Botany 11(1):37-59.
  5. Nasir, E. & S. I. Ali (eds). 1980-2005. Flora of Pakistan, University of Karachi, Karachi.
  6. Les Galeries Photos des Plantes et des Jardins
  7. Wight, Robert, & Walker-Arnott, George Arnott. Prodromus Florae Peninsulae Indiae Orientalis 1: 59. 1834.
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