Sida cordata (Burm.f.) Borssum.
Common Name : Heartleaf fanpetals
Family : Malvaceae
HABIT |
PROSTRATE OR DECUMBENT, ASCENDING HERB. |
STEMS |
UPTO 50 CM TALL, SLENDER,
OFTEN WITH WOODY BASE, TRAILING, DENSELY STELLATE-PUBESCENT. |
LEAVES |
SIMPLE, ALTERNATE, 1.5 CM LONG AND 1-5 CM WIDE, ORBICULAR TO
OVATE, BASE SHALLOWLY CORDATE, APEX ACUTE OR ACUMINATE, MARGINS
CRENATE-SERRATE WITH ALTERNATE, SHORT TEETH, GLABRATE OR THINLY STELLATE-HAIRY
ON BOTH SURFACES, PALMATELY 5-7 VEINED. |
FLOWERS |
AXILLARY, 1.3-1.5 CM ACROSS,
PALE YELLOW, SOLITARY ON JOINTED PEDICELS 1.2-3.8 CM LONG IN THE AXILS OF
LEAVES OR IN PAIRS ON SHORT BRANCHLETS. |
FRUITS |
MERICARPS 5, 2-2.5 MM
LONG, GLABROUS OR SHORTLY HAIRY AT APEX, USUALLY AWNLESS. |
SEEDS |
2 MM LONG, OVOID,
BROWNISH-BLACK, GLABROUS. |