Sida acuta Burm. f.

Common Name : Common wireweed
Family : Malvaceae

HABIT

A SHRUBBY ANNUAL OR PERENNIAL HERB.

STEMS

UP TO 1.5 M TALL, WITH SLENDER BRANCHES COVERED WITH MINUTE, GREY, STELLATE HAIRS.

LEAVES

SIMPLE, ALTERNATE, 1.5-7.5 CM LONG AND 0.5-2.5 CM WIDE, LANCEOLATE TO LINEAR, APEX ACUTE, MARGINS SERRATE, BASE SUBCORDATE OR ROUNDED, MINUTELY STELLATE-HAIRY ON BOTH SURFACES, PINNATELY VEINED.

FLOWERS

PALE YELLOW OR ORANGE, AXILLARY, SOLITARY OR IN CLUSTERS OF 2-3.

FRUITS

5-6 MM IN DIAMETER, MERICARPS 5-11,2-2.5 MM LONG WITH 2 AWNS 1-2 MM LONG, GLABROUS, DARK BROWN.

SEEDS

TRIGONOUS, SMOOTH AND BLACK.