Malvaceae

Newberry's velvet-mallow

Horsfordia newberryi (S.Watson) A.Gray

Family: Malvaceae
Genus: Horsfordia

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Newberry's velvet-mallow: A weed of southwestern U.S. and northwestern Mexico, going by names such as Newberry's Velvetmallow. Photo from the Cerritos area of Baja California. — Photo: Dick Culbert from Gibsons, B.C., Canada, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons

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Common names

By language (2)

English: Newberry's velvet-mallow, Newberry's velvetmallow, Orange velvet mallow, Yellow felt plant, Yellow feltplant
Spanish: Mariola

Synonyms

Abutilon newberryi S.Watson

Characteristics

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

Photos

Photo: Dick Culbert from Gibsons, B.C., Canada, CC BY 2.0, 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.