Malvaceae
Bracted fanpetals
Sida ciliaris
- Family
- Malvaceae
- Genus
- Sida
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Common names
By language (1)
- English
- Bracted fanpetals
Synonyms
- Malvastrum linearifolium Buckley
- Pseudomalachra ciliaris (L.) Monteiro
- Pseudomalachra plumosa (Cav.) H.Monteiro
- Pseudomalachra tridentata (Cav.) H.Monteiro
- Sida anomala var. mexicana Moric. ex Ser.
- Sida anomala var. mexicona Moric.
- Sida avicularioides Gand.
- Sida bellidifolia Gand.
- Sida ciliaris var. ciliaris
- Sida ciliaris var. fasciculata A.Gray
- Sida ciliaris var. fulva (A.St.-Hil.) K.Schum.
- Sida ciliaris var. mexicana (Moric.) Shinners
- Sida erosa Link
- Sida fasciculata Torr. & A.Gray
- Sida fulva A.St.-Hil.
- Sida involucrata A.Rich.
- Sida jaliscensis Gand.
- Sida longistipula Merr.
- Sida microtricha Gand.
- Sida minutifolia Gand.
- Sida muricata Cav.
- Sida ononidifolia Gand.
- Sida plumosa Cav.
- Sida tridentata Cav.
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
FlowerPhoto: Theo Summer, CC0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Morten Ross, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Texas Bird Family, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Jason Hollinger, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Forest & Kim Starr, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons Photo: Mateus Ferraz, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: Kurt Miller, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Forest & Kim Starr, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons Photo: harveyluis, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: Cricket Raspet, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Forest & Kim Starr, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons Photo: abraao.g.nunes, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF
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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.