Sida sp. Musselbrook (M.B.Thomas MRS437) Qld Herbarium
| Family Malvaceae |
Sida sp. Musselbrook (M.B.Thomas MRS437) Qld Herbarium APNI* Synonyms: Sida filiformis A.Cunn. APNI*
Sida filiformis A.Cunn. APNI*
Description: Erect or procumbent subshrub, often with long trailing stems to 80 cm long.
Leaves ovate-cordate to lanceolate, 5–40 mm long, stipules filiform.
Flowers axillary, solitary on filiform pedicels to 40 mm long. Calyx 2–5 mm long, lobes acute. Corolla 5–10 mm long, orange-yellow.
Fruit conical, 4–5 mm diam., ± glabrous; mericarps 5–8, channelled at summit, wrinkled on back.
Distribution and occurrence: Grows on rocky hill slopes.
NSW subdivisions: NWP, SWP, NFWP
Other Australian states: Qld N.T.
Recent unpublished work suggests Sida filiformis should be split between Sida sp. Musselbrook (M.B.Thomas+ MRS437) Qld Herbarium and Sida sp. Excedentifolia (J.L.Egan 1925) WA Herbarium.
Text by A. S. Mitchell & E. H. Norris; (Updated Oct 2022 P.C. Jobson & S.F. McCune)
Taxon concept: Flora of NSW 1 (1990)
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