Sida elliottiiTorr. & A.Gray

Elliott's fanpetals

WFO wfo-0001077101 Accepted WFO 2026-06 8 photographs CC0 / CC BY / CC BY-SA

Plate 1 figs. a–h · 8 separate observations

Sida elliottii, photographed by Eric Knight
fig. a Eric Knight, CC BY 4.0 / 2021-10-31 / obs. 166693378
Sida elliottii, photographed by Brian Finzel
fig. b Brian Finzel, CC BY-SA 4.0 / obs. 92529516
Sida elliottii, photographed by Eric Knight
fig. c Eric Knight, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 78767268
Sida elliottii, photographed by John Kees
fig. d John Kees, CC0 1.0 / obs. 198481034
Sida elliottii, photographed by Brandon Corder
fig. e Brandon Corder, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 58614490
Sida elliottii, photographed by Brian Finzel
fig. f Brian Finzel, CC BY-SA 4.0 / obs. 73609583
Sida elliottii, photographed by Jay Horn
fig. g Jay Horn, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 87438233
Sida elliottii, photographed by Michelle Sevcovas
fig. h Michelle Sevcovas, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 86347038

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Native range 19 botanical countries

Regions where Sida elliottii is native: Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Louisiana, Mexico Central, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Northwest, Mexico Southeast, Mississippi, Missouri, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia, Guatemala AlabamaArkansasFloridaGeorgiaIllinoisLouisianaMexico CentralMexico GulfMexico NortheastMexico NorthwestMexico SoutheastMississippiMissouriNorth CarolinaSouth CarolinaTennesseeTexasVirginiaGuatemala
Native distribution of Sida elliottii, 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
Alabama ALA NORTHERN AMERICA
Arkansas ARK
Florida FLA
Georgia GEO
Illinois ILL
Louisiana LOU
Mexico Central MXC
Mexico Gulf MXG
Mexico Northeast MXE
Mexico Northwest MXN
Mexico Southeast MXT
Mississippi MSI
Missouri MSO
North Carolina NCA
South Carolina SCA
Tennessee TEN
Texas TEX
Virginia VRG
Guatemala GUA SOUTHERN AMERICA

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 5 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.

  • Diadesma cardanisea Raf.
  • Sida cardanisea Raf.
  • Sida gracilis Elliott
  • Sida inflexa Fernald
  • Sida leptophylla Small

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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