Abutilon abutiloides(Jacq.) Garcke ex Hochr.

shrubby Indian mallow

WFO wfo-0000511699 Accepted WFO 2026-06 8 photographs CC BY / CC BY-SA

Plate 1 figs. a–h · 8 separate observations

Abutilon abutiloides, photographed by Alexis López Hernández
fig. a Alexis López Hernández, CC BY 4.0 / 2022-03-09 / obs. 184030944
Abutilon abutiloides, photographed by Eric Knight
fig. b Eric Knight, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 181655371
Abutilon abutiloides, photographed by Eric Knight
fig. c Eric Knight, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 181383836
Abutilon abutiloides, photographed by Brian Finzel
fig. d Brian Finzel, CC BY-SA 4.0 / obs. 172804000
Abutilon abutiloides, photographed by Jonathan Rodriguez
fig. e Jonathan Rodriguez, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 80374741
Abutilon abutiloides, photographed by Eric Knight
fig. f Eric Knight, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 70971497
Abutilon abutiloides, photographed by Francisco Farriols Sarabia
fig. g Francisco Farriols Sarabia, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 13807393
Abutilon abutiloides, photographed by Roger Rittmaster
fig. h Roger Rittmaster, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 112532036

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Native range 17 botanical countries

Regions where Abutilon abutiloides is native: Arizona, Mexico Central, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Northwest, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest, Texas, Bahamas, Colombia, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Haiti, Honduras, Jamaica, Leeward Is., Puerto Rico, Turks-Caicos Is. ArizonaMexico CentralMexico NortheastMexico NorthwestMexico SoutheastMexico SouthwestTexasColombiaCubaDominican RepublicHaitiHondurasJamaicaPuerto Rico BahamasLeeward Is.Turks-Caicos Is.
Native distribution of Abutilon abutiloides, after Kew’s World Checklist of Vascular Plants. Introduced, extinct and doubtful records are excluded, so this is where the plant is from, not everywhere it now grows. Regions too small to draw at this scale are marked with a dot.
RegionTDWG codeContinent
Bahamas BAH SOUTHERN AMERICA
Colombia CLM
Cuba CUB
Dominican Republic DOM
Haiti HAI
Honduras HON
Jamaica JAM
Leeward Is. LEE
Puerto Rico PUE
Turks-Caicos Is. TCI
Arizona ARI NORTHERN AMERICA
Mexico Central MXC
Mexico Northeast MXE
Mexico Northwest MXN
Mexico Southeast MXT
Mexico Southwest MXS
Texas TEX

Region boundaries approximated from Natural Earth (public domain) and mapped to TDWG World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions (WGSRPD) level-3 botanical countries (Brummitt 2001). Indicative, not the official WGSRPD geometry.

Also published as 18 synonyms

A synonym is not an error. It is a record of botanists disagreeing, in print, about where this plant belongs. Each of these was somebody’s considered answer.

  • Abutilon americanum J.Martyn
  • Abutilon americanum (L.) Sweet
  • Abutilon crassifolium G.Don
  • Abutilon crassifolium var. tomentosum (Cav.) G.Don
  • Abutilon decarpum Raf.
  • Abutilon dentatum Rose
  • Abutilon domingense Turcz.
  • Abutilon jacquinii G.Don
  • Abutilon lignosum (Cav.) G.Don
  • Abutilon scabrum S.Watson
  • Lavatera americana L.
  • Sida abutiloides Jacq.
  • Sida americana (L.) L.
  • Sida crassifolia L'Hér.
  • Sida jacquinii D.Dietr.
  • Sida lignosa Cav.
  • Sida tomentosa Cav.
  • Sida tricuspidata Cav.

Sourcesevery claim on this page

  1. World Flora Online Plant List. accepted name, authority, classification. CC0. Retrieved 2026-07-12.
  2. iNaturalist. photographs and flowering annotations, CC0 / CC BY / CC BY-SA only. per photograph. Retrieved 2026-06-27.
  3. Wikidata. common name (P1843), joined on the World Flora Online identifier (P7715). CC0. Retrieved 2026-07-13.
  4. Kew, World Checklist of Vascular Plants (WCVP v16). native distribution by TDWG level-3 botanical country, and life form. CC BY 3.0. Retrieved 2026-06-04.

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