Cadillo liso Cadillo liso

Sida paniculata Linnaeus, Syst. Nat. ed. 10, 2: 1145. 1759; S. atrosanguinea Jacquin; S. capillaris Cavanilles; S. floribunda Kunth

Plants 1–3 m. Stems roughly stellate-hairy, hairs somewhat ferruginous. Leaves: stipules 6–7 mm; petiole: proximal 1/3 length of blade, distal subsessile; blade slightly discolorous, 3–13 × 1–7 cm (reduced distally), apex acute. Panicles 100+-flowered. Pedicels capillary, 1–3.5 cm, often subtended by 3 stipuliform bracts. Flowers: calyx 2–3 mm, stellate-hairy; petals 3 mm, glabrous; staminal column purple, subequal to corolla, hairy; style exserted, pallid. Schizocarps 4–5 mm diam., puberulent; mericarps 2.5 mm. 2n = 32.

Flowering year-round. Open shrublands, coastal thickets; 0–300 m; Tex.; e, s Mexico; West Indies; Central America; South America; Africa.