Pintapán cimarrón Pintapán cimarrón

Sida mollicoma Willdenow, Enum. Pl., 725. 1809

Shrubs, 1–2 m. Stems erect, prominently hirsute, with simple hairs 2–4 mm. Leaves: stipules subulate, 5–9 mm; petiole subequal to blade, prominently hirsute; blade markedly discolorous, broadly ovate or 3–5-angulate, mostly 10–20 cm, ± as long as wide, base cordate, margins irregularly crenate-serrate, apex acuminate, surfaces minutely stellate-pubescent.

Flowering late summer. Open desert habitats, along water courses; 500–2200 m; Ariz., N.Mex., Tex.; Mexico (Chihuahua, Guerrero, Oaxaca, Sonora, Veracruz).

Inflorescences terminal panicles. Flowers: calyx 4–6 mm, lobes not overlapping, erect in fruit, ovate; corolla yellowish throughout, petals 5–8 mm; staminal column glabrous; style 8–10-branched. Schizocarps ovoid, 8–10 × 8–10 mm; mericarps: apex short-apiculate, stellate-pubescent. Seeds 3 per mericarp, 2 mm, minutely verruculate. 2n = 14.

Abutilon mollicomum occurs principally in Chihuahua and Sonora and in adjacent Arizona and New Mexico.