Abutilon pannosum(G.Forst.) Schltdl.

Ragged mallow

WFO wfo-0000512163 Accepted WFO 2026-06 6 photographs CC BY

Plate 1 figs. a–f · 3 observations

This species has been photographed under an open licence only 3 times, so some figures below are different views of the same plant, taken on the same day, rather than different individuals. They are usually different parts of it: the leaf, the flower, the bark.

Abutilon pannosum, photographed by Arabella Willing
fig. a Arabella Willing, CC BY 4.0 / 2021-10-07 / obs. 162027658
Abutilon pannosum, photographed by Arabella Willing
fig. b Arabella Willing, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 156057966
Abutilon pannosum, photographed by Denis Bastianelli
fig. c Denis Bastianelli, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 112771068
Abutilon pannosum, photographed by Arabella Willing
fig. d Arabella Willing, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 156057981
Abutilon pannosum, photographed by Denis Bastianelli
fig. e Denis Bastianelli, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 112771088
Abutilon pannosum, photographed by Denis Bastianelli
fig. f Denis Bastianelli, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 112771092

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Native range 34 botanical countries

Regions where Abutilon pannosum is native: Algeria, Angola, Burkina, Cameroon, Cape Verde, Chad, Djibouti, Egypt, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Kenya, Mali, Mauritania, Niger, Nigeria, Senegal, Socotra, Somalia, Sudan-South Sudan, Tanzania, Uganda, Afghanistan, Gulf States, Iran, Iraq, Lebanon-Syria, Oman, Palestine, Saudi Arabia, Sinai, Yemen, India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka AlgeriaAngolaBurkinaCameroonChadDjiboutiEgyptEritreaEthiopiaKenyaMaliMauritaniaNigerNigeriaSenegalSomaliaSudan-South SudanTanzaniaUgandaAfghanistanGulf StatesIranIraqLebanon-SyriaOmanPalestineSaudi ArabiaSinaiYemenIndiaPakistanSri Lanka Cape Verde
Native distribution of Abutilon pannosum, 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
Algeria ALG AFRICA
Angola ANG
Burkina BKN
Cameroon CMN
Cape Verde CVI
Chad CHA
Djibouti DJI
Egypt EGY
Eritrea ERI
Ethiopia ETH
Kenya KEN
Mali MLI
Mauritania MTN
Niger NGR
Nigeria NGA
Senegal SEN
Socotra SOC
Somalia SOM
Sudan-South Sudan SUD
Tanzania TAN
Uganda UGA
Afghanistan AFG ASIA-TEMPERATE
Gulf States GST
Iran IRN
Iraq IRQ
Lebanon-Syria LBS
Oman OMA
Palestine PAL
Saudi Arabia SAU
Sinai SIN
Yemen YEM
India IND ASIA-TROPICAL
Pakistan PAK
Sri Lanka SRL

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.

Also published as 16 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 benadirense Mattei
  • Abutilon figarianum Webb
  • Abutilon glaucum (Cav.) Sweet
  • Abutilon glaucum var. cavanillesii Maire
  • Abutilon glaucum var. muticum (Delile ex DC.) Maire
  • Abutilon impressum Hochst. ex Mattei
  • Abutilon malirianum S.A.Husain & Baquar
  • Abutilon muticum (Delile ex DC.) Sweet
  • Abutilon muticum var. parvifolium Baker f.
  • Abutilon muticum var. villosum Webb
  • Abutilon tomentosum Wight & Arn.
  • Abutilon webbianum Mattei
  • Sida glauca Cav.
  • Sida mutica Delile
  • Sida pannosa G.Forst.
  • Sida polycarpa C.Sm.

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.

We publish what we can source and we say so when we cannot. This page has no care advice and no toxicity claim, because we do not yet have those from a source we can cite.