Abutilon palmeri, known as Palmer's abutilon, superstition mallow, and Palmer's Indian mallow is a species of flowering plant native the Southwestern United States and northwestern Mexico.ITIS Standard Report Page: Abutilon palmeri
The plant is found in the Sonoran Desert in Arizona, and in Southern California in the Sonoran Colorado Desert and adjacent eastern foothill ecotones of the Peninsular Ranges.
Description Abutilon palmeri is a semi-evergreen shrub growing high by wide. The branch and stem coloration is green to reddish brown and pubescent.Abutilon palmeri Fact Sheet
The alternate leaves are velvety and heart-shaped (nearly round to cordate). The leaves are serrate and densely woolly, giving a bluish, grey-green cast to the foliage.
The cup-shaped flowers are yellow to orange with 5 petals and approximately in size. It blooms for most of the year.
The plant produces small, capsular fruits approximately in diameter each. The fruit is multi-parted and covered with silky pubescence similar to the foliage.
Cultivation Abutilon palmeri is cultivated as an ornamental plant by specialty nurseries for planting in native plant, xeriscape, wildlife gardens, and in natural landscaping projects in warm climates.Las Pilitas Horticultural Database: Abutilon palmeri (Indian Mallow)
References
External links
Jepson Manual treatment for Abutilon palmeri CalFlora Database: Abutilon palmeri (Palmer's abutilon, Palmer's Indian mallow) Abutilon palmeri — UC Photos gallery