Pseudabutilon umbellatum(L.) Fryxell

umbrella Indian mallow

WFO wfo-0000473619 Accepted WFO 2026-06 5 photographs CC BY

Plate 1 figs. a–e · 2 observations

This species has been photographed under an open licence only 2 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.

Pseudabutilon umbellatum, photographed by johnyochum
fig. a johnyochum, CC BY 4.0 / 2022-04-30 / obs. 193359816
Pseudabutilon umbellatum, photographed by johnyochum
fig. b johnyochum, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 166216463
Pseudabutilon umbellatum, photographed by johnyochum
fig. c johnyochum, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 166216473
Pseudabutilon umbellatum, photographed by johnyochum
fig. d johnyochum, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 166216453
Pseudabutilon umbellatum, photographed by johnyochum
fig. e johnyochum, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 166216445

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Native range 29 botanical countries

Regions where Pseudabutilon umbellatum is native: Mexico Gulf, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Northwest, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest, Texas, Aruba, Bahamas, Bolivia, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala, Haiti, Honduras, Jamaica, Leeward Is., Netherlands Antilles, Nicaragua, Peru, Puerto Rico, Trinidad-Tobago, Turks-Caicos Is., Venezuela, Venezuelan Antilles, Windward Is. Mexico GulfMexico NortheastMexico NorthwestMexico SoutheastMexico SouthwestTexasBoliviaColombiaCosta RicaCubaDominican RepublicEcuadorEl SalvadorGuatemalaHaitiHondurasJamaicaNicaraguaPeruPuerto RicoTrinidad-TobagoVenezuela ArubaBahamasLeeward Is.Netherlands AntillesTurks-Caicos Is.Venezuelan AntillesWindward Is.
Native distribution of Pseudabutilon umbellatum, 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
Aruba ARU SOUTHERN AMERICA
Bahamas BAH
Bolivia BOL
Colombia CLM
Costa Rica COS
Cuba CUB
Dominican Republic DOM
Ecuador ECU
El Salvador ELS
Guatemala GUA
Haiti HAI
Honduras HON
Jamaica JAM
Leeward Is. LEE
Netherlands Antilles NLA
Nicaragua NIC
Peru PER
Puerto Rico PUE
Trinidad-Tobago TRT
Turks-Caicos Is. TCI
Venezuela VEN
Venezuelan Antilles VNA
Windward Is. WIN
Mexico Gulf MXG NORTHERN AMERICA
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 9 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 bridgesii Baker f.
  • Abutilon obtusum (Cav.) G.Don
  • Abutilon umbellatum (L.) Sweet
  • Abutilon umbellatum subsp. glutinosum R.E.Fr.
  • Abutilon umbellatum subsp. occidentalis R.E.Fr.
  • Malvinda umbellata (L.) Medik.
  • Sida obtusa Cav.
  • Sida umbellata L.
  • Sida umbellifera 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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