Abutilon parvulum is a species of flowering plant in the
mallow familyMalvaceae, or the mallow family, is a family of flowering plants containing over 200 genera with close to 2,300 species.[ Judd & al.] Well known members of this family include okra and cacao...
known by the common name
dwarf Indian mallow.
It is native to the southwestern United States and northern Mexico. This is a perennial herb growing from a woody root and producing a multibranched stem to a maximum height near 40 centimeters. The oval or heart-shaped leaves are 1 to 4 centimeters wide. The stem and foliage are covered thinly in woolly hairs.
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Abutilon parvulum is a species of flowering plant in the
mallow familyMalvaceae, or the mallow family, is a family of flowering plants containing over 200 genera with close to 2,300 species.[ Judd & al.] Well known members of this family include okra and cacao...
known by the common name
dwarf Indian mallow.
It is native to the southwestern United States and northern Mexico. This is a perennial herb growing from a woody root and producing a multibranched stem to a maximum height near 40 centimeters. The oval or heart-shaped leaves are 1 to 4 centimeters wide. The stem and foliage are covered thinly in woolly hairs. The solitary flowers have light orange to red rounded petals just a few millimeters long. The fruit is a fuzzy body nearly a centimeter long divided into five segments.
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