Malvaceae

Whiteleaf Indian mallow

Abutilon hypoleucum A.Gray

Family: Malvaceae
Genus: Abutilon

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Whiteleaf Indian mallow (Abutilon hypoleucum) — FlowerPhoto: Rodolfo Salinas Villarreal, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist

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Common names

By language (1)

English: Whiteleaf Indian mallow

Synonyms

Abutilon selerianum Ulbr.
Abutilon subsagittatum Hochr.

Flowers

In flower: July, October to May (from 72 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)

Characteristics

Growth habit: Shrub, Subshrub
Lifespan: Perennial
In the US and Canada: Lower 48 states: native

Photos

FlowerPhoto: Rodolfo Salinas Villarreal, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
FlowerPhoto: Tom Field, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
FlowerPhoto: Liliana Ramírez-Freire, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
FlowerPhoto: Diego Blanco, CC0, from iNaturalist
FlowerPhoto: Diego Blanco, CC0, from iNaturalist
FruitPhoto: Sam Kieschnick, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Rodolfo Salinas Villarreal, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Sarah Sarah, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF
Photo: Francisco Martínez González, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Reid Hardin, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Diego Blanco, CC0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Juan Cruzado Cortés, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist

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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.