Sida ciliarisL.

bracted fanpetals

WFO wfo-0000501732 Accepted WFO 2026-06 8 photographs CC0 / CC BY

Plate 1 figs. a–h · 8 separate observations

Sida ciliaris, photographed by Kevin Faccenda
fig. a Kevin Faccenda, CC BY 4.0 / 2022-06-04 / obs. 204324753
Sida ciliaris, photographed by Kevin Faccenda
fig. b Kevin Faccenda, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 204058748
Sida ciliaris, photographed by Kevin Faccenda
fig. c Kevin Faccenda, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 204047953
Sida ciliaris, photographed by Tyler Bishop
fig. d Tyler Bishop, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 198996042
Sida ciliaris, photographed by Tyler Bishop
fig. e Tyler Bishop, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 197907467
Sida ciliaris, photographed by aarondamon
fig. f aarondamon, CC0 1.0 / obs. 198081570
Sida ciliaris, photographed by Kevin Faccenda
fig. g Kevin Faccenda, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 197732200
Sida ciliaris, photographed by Diana Foreman
fig. h Diana Foreman, CC0 1.0 / obs. 192551263

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Native range 35 botanical countries

Regions where Sida ciliaris is native: Florida, Mexico Central, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Northwest, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest, Texas, Aruba, Bahamas, Belize, Bolivia, Brazil Northeast, Brazil Southeast, Cayman Is., Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, El Salvador, Guatemala, Guyana, Haiti, Honduras, Jamaica, Leeward Is., Netherlands Antilles, Nicaragua, Panamá, Peru, Puerto Rico, Turks-Caicos Is., Venezuela, Venezuelan Antilles, Windward Is. FloridaMexico CentralMexico GulfMexico NortheastMexico NorthwestMexico SoutheastMexico SouthwestTexasBelizeBoliviaBrazil NortheastBrazil SoutheastColombiaCosta RicaCubaDominican RepublicEl SalvadorGuatemalaGuyanaHaitiHondurasJamaicaNicaraguaPanamáPeruPuerto RicoVenezuela ArubaBahamasCayman Is.Leeward Is.Netherlands AntillesTurks-Caicos Is.Venezuelan AntillesWindward Is.
Native distribution of Sida ciliaris, 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
Belize BLZ
Bolivia BOL
Brazil Northeast BZE
Brazil Southeast BZL
Cayman Is. CAY
Colombia CLM
Costa Rica COS
Cuba CUB
Dominican Republic DOM
El Salvador ELS
Guatemala GUA
Guyana GUY
Haiti HAI
Honduras HON
Jamaica JAM
Leeward Is. LEE
Netherlands Antilles NLA
Nicaragua NIC
Panamá PAN
Peru PER
Puerto Rico PUE
Turks-Caicos Is. TCI
Venezuela VEN
Venezuelan Antilles VNA
Windward Is. WIN
Florida FLA NORTHERN AMERICA
Mexico Central MXC
Mexico Gulf MXG
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 24 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.

  • Malvastrum linearifolium Buckley
  • Pseudomalachra ciliaris (L.) Monteiro
  • Pseudomalachra plumosa (Cav.) H.Monteiro
  • Pseudomalachra tridentata (Cav.) H.Monteiro
  • Sida anomala var. mexicana Moric. ex Ser.
  • Sida anomala var. mexicona Moric.
  • Sida avicularioides Gand.
  • Sida bellidifolia Gand.
  • Sida ciliaris var. ciliaris
  • Sida ciliaris var. fasciculata A.Gray
  • Sida ciliaris var. fulva (A.St.-Hil.) K.Schum.
  • Sida ciliaris var. mexicana (Moric.) Shinners
  • Sida erosa Link
  • Sida fasciculata Torr. & A.Gray
  • Sida fulva A.St.-Hil.
  • Sida involucrata A.Rich.
  • Sida jaliscensis Gand.
  • Sida longistipula Merr.
  • Sida microtricha Gand.
  • Sida minutifolia Gand.
  • Sida muricata Cav.
  • Sida ononidifolia Gand.
  • Sida plumosa Cav.
  • Sida tridentata 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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