Malvaceae
Sida

Sida spinosa L.

First published in Sp. Pl.: 683 (1753)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Tropics & Subtropics. It is an annual or perennial and grows primarily in the seasonally dry tropical biome. It is used as animal food and a medicine and for food.

Descriptions

George R. Proctor (2012). Flora of the Cayman Isands (Second Edition). Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew

Morphology General Habit
Annual or perennial herb with erect or spreading stems, all the younger parts clothed with very minute stellate pubescence, the stems often with 1 or 2 small spine-like tubercles just below the attachment of each leaf
Morphology Leaves
Leaves petiolate, 1–3 cm long, the blades linear or narrowly lance-oblong to ovate, obtuse or acute at the apex, the base truncate or subcordate, the margins serrate
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers
Flowers mostly solitary in the leaf-axils on short peduncles
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Calyx
Calyx densely stellate-pubescent, 5–7 mm long, with 5 triangular lobes; petals yellow, equal in length to the calyx
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Gynoecium Carpels
Carpels 5, each bearing 2 short spines at the apex.
Distribution
Grand Cayman. Pantropical, also adventive in temperate N. America.
Ecology
A weed of roadsides and pastures.
[Cayman]

Extinction risk predictions for the world's flowering plants to support their conservation (2024). Bachman, S.P., Brown, M.J.M., Leão, T.C.C., Lughadha, E.N., Walker, B.E. https://nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/nph.19592

Conservation
Predicted extinction risk: not threatened. Confidence: confident
[AERP]

Bernal, R., Gradstein, S.R. & Celis, M. (eds.). 2015. Catálogo de plantas y líquenes de Colombia. Instituto de Ciencias Naturales, Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Bogotá. http://catalogoplantasdecolombia.unal.edu.co

Distribution
Nativa en Colombia; Alt. 500 - 1700 m.; Andes, Llanura del Caribe, Valle del Cauca, Valle del Magdalena.
Morphology General Habit
Hierba, subarbusto
Conservation
No Evaluada
[CPLC]

Distribution
Biogeografic region: Andean, Caribbean. Elevation range: 500–1700 m a.s.l. Native to Colombia. Colombian departments: Antioquia, Cauca, Cesar, Cundinamarca, Huila, Magdalena, Norte de Santander, Santander, Tolima, Valle del Cauca.
Habit
Herb, Subshrub.
Ecology
Habitat according IUCN Habitats Classification: forest and woodland, savanna, shrubland, artificial - terrestrial.
[UPFC]

Uses

Use Animal Food
Used as animal food.
Use Gene Sources
Used as gene sources.
Use Food
Used for food.
Use Materials
Used as material.
Use Medicines
Medical uses.
[UPFC]

Sources

  • Angiosperm Extinction Risk Predictions v1

    • Angiosperm Threat Predictions
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0

  • Catálogo de Plantas y Líquenes de Colombia

    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Flora of the Cayman Islands

    • Flora of the Cayman Islands
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

    • 'The Herbarium Catalogue, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the Internet http://www.kew.org/herbcat [accessed on Day Month Year]'. Please enter the date on which you consulted the system.
    • Digital Image © Board of Trustees, RBG Kew http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

  • Kew Backbone Distributions

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2024. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2024. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Kew Science Photographs

    • Copyright applied to individual images

  • Useful Plants and Fungi of Colombia

    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0