© Sida corrugata Rainer Rehwinkel
Corrugated Sida
Sida corrugata
Prostrate spreading plant to 10 cm tall. Thick root stock, glabrescent or tomentose. Toothed circular to ovate flat leaves to 3 cm long, hairless and green above and hairy below. Five-petalled yellow flowers with notched petals to 6 mm long, singly or in twos, at the base of the leaves.
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Buttercup-like five-petalled yellow flowers. Upper surface of leaf is green. Fruit is very corrugated.
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Perennial. Damp places in clay and sandy fertile soils in woodlands and grasslands.
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Prostrate spreading plant to 10 cm tall. Thick root stock, glabrescent or tomentose. Toothed circular to ovate flat leaves to 3 cm long, hairless and green above and hairy below. Five-petalled yellow flowers with notched petals to 6 mm long, singly or in twos, at the base of the leaves.
| Details |
| Flora Type |
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| Other Common Names |
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| Distinctive Features |
Buttercup-like five-petalled yellow flowers. Upper surface of leaf is green. Fruit is very corrugated.
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| Biology |
Perennial. Damp places in clay and sandy fertile soils in woodlands and grasslands.
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| Taxonomy |
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Tracheophyta (Vascular Plants) |
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Magnoliopsida (Flowering Plants) |
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Member of the Mallow family (Malvaceae). SidaÃ_is from theÃ_GreekÃ_for pomegranate or water lily. ManyÃ_SidaÃ_are attractive toÃ_butterfliesÃ_andÃ_moths.
| Interesting Facts |
| Similar Species |
Sida is a very variable group and may contain a number of entities.Ã_ Tall Sida S. petrophila is similar but up to 2 m in height and with larger flowers.
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