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|accepted_name=Sida abutilifolia
|accepted_authority=Miller
|publications={{Treatment/Publication
|title=Gard. Dict. ed.
|place=8, Sida no. 12. 1768
|year=1768
}}
|common_names=Creeping sida;hierba del buen día;axocatzín
|basionyms=
|synonyms={{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=Sida diffusa
|authority=Kunth
}} {{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=S. filicaulis
|authority=Torrey & A. Gray
}} {{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=S. procumbens
|authority=Swartz
}} {{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=S. supina
|authority=L’Héritier
}}
|hierarchy=Malvaceae;Malvaceae subfam. Malvoideae;Sida;Sida abutilifolia
|hierarchy_nav=<div class="higher-taxa"><div class="higher-taxon"><small>family</small>[[Malvaceae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>subfamily</small>[[Malvaceae subfam. Malvoideae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>genus</small>[[Sida]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>species</small>[[Sida abutilifolia]]</div></div>
|volume=Volume 6
|mention_page=page 311
|treatment_page=page 312
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--><span class="statement" id="st-undefined" data-properties=""><b>Herbs,</b> perennial, 0.3–0.6(–1) m. <b>Stems</b> procumbent, stellate-hairy, hairs multirayed, usually also with simple 1–2 mm hairs. <b>Leaves</b> distributed evenly along stems; stipules inconspicuous, free from petiole, subulate, 1.5–3 mm; petiole 5–15 mm, 1/2 to equaling or exceeding blade, often with simple 1–2 mm hairs; blade ovate to oblong, to 1.5+ cm, 1.5–3 times longer than wide, base cordate, margins crenate to base, apex obtuse to acute, surfaces hairy. <b>Inflorescences</b> axillary solitary flowers. <b>Pedicels</b> slender, 1–2.5 cm, 2–5 times as long as calyx. <b>Flowers</b>: calyx angulate, 4–5(–7) mm, hirsute, lobes ovate-acuminate; petals white, 5–6 (–10) mm; staminal column puberulent; style 5-branched. <b>Schizocarps</b> conic, 4 mm diam., hairy; mericarps 5, 2–3 mm, basal portion slightly rugose, apex spined, spines 0.1–0.5 mm, antrorsely hairy. <b>2n</b> = 14</span><!--

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|phenology=Flowering year-round.
|habitat=Open, arid areas, disturbed habitats
|elevation=0–2000 m
|distribution=Ariz.;Fla.;N.Mex.;Okla.;Tex.;Mexico;West Indies;Central America (Costa Rica;Guatemala);South America (Brazil;Colombia;Ecuador;French Guiana;Guyana;Peru;Venezuela).
|discussion=<p><i>Sida abutilifolia</i> is apparently native from the southern United States to northern South America. Within the flora area, the procumbent-prostrate even mat-forming habit with freely branched, long, flexible stems is quite distinctive.</p>
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-->{{#Taxon:
name=Sida abutilifolia
|author=
|authority=Miller
|rank=species
|parent rank=genus
|synonyms=Sida diffusa;S. filicaulis;S. procumbens;S. supina
|basionyms=
|family=Malvaceae
|phenology=Flowering year-round.
|habitat=Open, arid areas, disturbed habitats
|elevation=0–2000 m
|distribution=Ariz.;Fla.;N.Mex.;Okla.;Tex.;Mexico;West Indies;Central America (Costa Rica;Guatemala);South America (Brazil;Colombia;Ecuador;French Guiana;Guyana;Peru;Venezuela).
|reference=None
|publication title=Gard. Dict. ed.
|publication year=1768
|special status=
|source xml=https://jpend@bitbucket.org/aafc-mbb/fna-data-curation.git/src/f6b125a955440c0872999024f038d74684f65921/coarse_grained_fna_xml/V6/V6_566.xml
|subfamily=Malvaceae subfam. Malvoideae
|genus=Sida
|species=Sida abutilifolia
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