Abutilon fruticosumGuill. & Perr.

Texas Indian mallow

WFO wfo-0000511912 Accepted WFO 2026-06 8 photographs CC0 / CC BY

Plate 1 figs. a–h · 8 separate observations

Abutilon fruticosum, photographed by Cleveland Powell
fig. a Cleveland Powell, CC BY 4.0 / 2022-04-29 / obs. 191991789
Abutilon fruticosum, photographed by Casey Cowan
fig. b Casey Cowan, CC0 1.0 / obs. 192900108
Abutilon fruticosum, photographed by Michelle W. （鍾偉瑋）
fig. c Michelle W. （鍾偉瑋）, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 181055732
Abutilon fruticosum, photographed by Thomas Koffel
fig. d Thomas Koffel, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 167053319
Abutilon fruticosum, photographed by Annika Lindqvist
fig. e Annika Lindqvist, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 164497951
Abutilon fruticosum, photographed by Reid Hardin
fig. f Reid Hardin, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 153601113
Abutilon fruticosum, photographed by Sue Ann Kendall
fig. g Sue Ann Kendall, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 150784190
Abutilon fruticosum, photographed by Catherine C. Galley
fig. h Catherine C. Galley, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 153612492

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Native range 39 botanical countries

Regions where Abutilon fruticosum is native: Algeria, Angola, Botswana, Burkina, Chad, Djibouti, Egypt, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Kenya, Mali, Mauritania, Morocco, Namibia, Niger, Northern Provinces, Senegal, Socotra, Somalia, Sudan-South Sudan, Tanzania, Zimbabwe, Gulf States, Iran, Oman, Palestine, Saudi Arabia, Sinai, Yemen, India, Pakistan, Arkansas, Mexico Central, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Southwest, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Texas AlgeriaAngolaBotswanaBurkinaChadDjiboutiEgyptEritreaEthiopiaKenyaMaliMauritaniaMoroccoNamibiaNigerNorthern ProvincesSenegalSomaliaSudan-South SudanTanzaniaZimbabweGulf StatesIranOmanPalestineSaudi ArabiaSinaiYemenIndiaPakistanArkansasMexico CentralMexico GulfMexico NortheastMexico SouthwestNew MexicoOklahomaTexas
Native distribution of Abutilon fruticosum, 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.
RegionTDWG codeContinent
Algeria ALG AFRICA
Angola ANG
Botswana BOT
Burkina BKN
Chad CHA
Djibouti DJI
Egypt EGY
Eritrea ERI
Ethiopia ETH
Kenya KEN
Mali MLI
Mauritania MTN
Morocco MOR
Namibia NAM
Niger NGR
Northern Provinces TVL
Senegal SEN
Socotra SOC
Somalia SOM
Sudan-South Sudan SUD
Tanzania TAN
Zimbabwe ZIM
Arkansas ARK NORTHERN AMERICA
Mexico Central MXC
Mexico Gulf MXG
Mexico Northeast MXE
Mexico Southwest MXS
New Mexico NWM
Oklahoma OKL
Texas TEX
Gulf States GST ASIA-TEMPERATE
Iran IRN
Oman OMA
Palestine PAL
Saudi Arabia SAU
Sinai SIN
Yemen YEM
India IND ASIA-TROPICAL
Pakistan PAK

Not drawn on the map: Socotra. We hold no public-domain boundary for this region, so it is listed rather than guessed at.

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.

Flowering 230 in flower of 375 examined

Peak flowering in Aug. Each bar is the share of Abutilon fruticosum observations in which someone actually recorded the reproductive state and found the plant in flower, not the raw number of flowering records. That distinction matters: people observe plants far more in spring than in winter, so a bare count of flowering records partly measures when people go outside. Dividing by the number examined removes that. 230 of 375 examined observations were in flower, every one of them research grade. The whisker on each bar is a 95% Wilson interval. One month has fewer than 5 examined observations, so no proportion is drawn for it. This is still a global aggregate and not a forecast for your garden: the same species flowers on different dates in different hemispheres. Where a species has fewer than 30 flowering records we do not draw this chart at all. Computed from 10.15468/dl.cgje2x.

Also published as 15 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 albidum Webb & Berthel.
  • Abutilon albidum subsp. fruticosum (Guill. & Perr.) Maire
  • Abutilon denticulatum (Fresen.) Webb
  • Abutilon dubium Mattei
  • Abutilon fruticosum var. chrysocarpum Blatt. & Hallb.
  • Abutilon fruticosum var. microphyllum (A.Rich.) Abedin
  • Abutilon fruticosum var. saidae Abedin
  • Abutilon microphyllum A.Rich.
  • Abutilon nuttallii Torr. & A.Gray
  • Abutilon texense Torr. & A.Gray
  • Sida amoena Wall.
  • Sida denticulata Fresen.
  • Sida gracilis R.Br.
  • Sida kotschyi Hochst. ex Mast.
  • Sida perrottetiana D.Dietr.

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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