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.