Sida poeppigiana yellow five-petaled flower with a dark maroon ring around its center

Sida poeppigiana


This plant is a subshrub or shrub native to western South America, Venezuela, and northern Argentina. It grows in open vegetation and disturbed sites. Its yellow flowers have five broad petals marked by a dark maroon ring around the central staminal column. The hairy calyx persists behind the flower, and the leaves have prominent veins with toothed margins. Photographed in Colombia.


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