Urena sinuata L.

Common Name : Bur mallow

Family : Malvaceae

HABIT

AN ERECT ANNUAL UNDERSHRUB.

STEMS

ALMOST SIMILAR TO THAT OF URENA LOBATA

LEAVES

2.5-8 CM LONG, ORBICULAR IN OUTLINE, 3-5 VEINED FROM BASE, MORE OR LESS STELLATE-HAIRY ON BOTH SURFACES, BASE CORDATE OR TRUNCATE, IRREGULARLY LOBED BELOW THE MIDDLE; LOBES 3-5 OR MORE, DILATED UPWARDS, WITH ROUNDED SINUSES, MARGINS SERRATE, PALE BENEATH.

FLOWERS

ROSE-COLORED, 2-2.5 CM IN DIAMETER.

FRUITS

CAPSULE, 1 CM LONG, DEPRESSED-GLOBOSE, INDEHISCENT, DENSELY PUBESCENT, COVERED WITH BLUNT SPINES, EACH SPINE HAVING 2 STRAIGHT BRISTLES POINTING DOWNWARDS.

SEEDS

ROUNDED ON THE BACK, WEDGE-SHAPPED ON THE INNER SIDE SMOOTH, BLACK.