Malvaceae
Bladdermallow
Herissantia crispa
- Family
- Malvaceae
- Genus
- Herissantia
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Common names
By language (2)
- Chinese
- 脬果苘, 泡果苘, 泡果莔, 泡果檾
- English
- Bladdermallow
Synonyms
- Abutilon crispum (L.) Medik.
- Abutilon crispum var. imberbe (DC.) Griseb.
- Abutilon crispum var. svensonii J.F.Macbr.
- Abutilon imberbe (DC.) G.Don
- Abutilon neurocarpum Miq.
- Abutilon sessilifolium C.Presl
- Abutilon trichodum A.Rich.
- Bastardia crispa (L.) A.St.-Hil.
- Beloere crispa Shuttlew. ex A.Gray
- Bogenhardia crispa (L.) Kearney
- Gayoides crispum (L.) Small
- Gayoides imberbe (DC.) Small
- Gayoides imberbis (DC.) Small
- Herissantia trichoda (A.Rich.) Fryxell
- Napaea crispa (L.) Moench
- Pseudobastardia crispa (L.) Hassl.
- Sida amplexicaulis Lam.
- Sida crispa L.
- Sida gracilis Salisb.
- Sida imberbis DC.
- Sida lasiostega Link
- Sida retrofracta DC.
- Sida sessilifolium (C.Presl) D.Dietr.
- Sida sessilis Vell.
- Sida trichoda D.Dietr.
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb, Subshrub
- Lifespan
- Annual, Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Hawaii: introduced, Lower 48 states: native, Puerto Rico: native, U.S. Virgin Islands: native
Photos
Photo: Juan Carlos Fonseca Mata, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Dick Culbert from Gibsons, B.C., Canada, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Vinayaraj, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Vinayaraj, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Vinayaraj, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Vinayaraj, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Vinayaraj, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Vinayaraj, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Vinayaraj, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Vinayaraj, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Vinayaraj, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Vinayaraj, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
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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.