Malvaceae

Clustered fanpetals

Sida glomerata Cav.

Family: Malvaceae
Genus: Sida

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Clustered fanpetals (Sida glomerata) — FlowerPhoto: Helio Lourencini, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist

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Common names

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English: Clustered fanpetals

Synonyms

Althaea ulmifolia Pritzel
Sida berteroana Balb. ex DC.
Sida bracteolata DC.
Sida jamaicensis var. glomerata (Cav.) M.Gómez
Sida patula Pers.
Sida viridis A.St.-Hil. & Naudin ex Triana & Planch.

Flowers

In flower: January, April, July, September (from 12 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)

Characteristics

Growth habit: Shrub, Subshrub
Lifespan: Perennial
In the US and Canada: Puerto Rico: native, U.S. Virgin Islands: native

Photos

FlowerPhoto: Helio Lourencini, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
FlowerPhoto: Guillaume Delaitre, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Guillaume Delaitre, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Guillaume Delaitre, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Guillaume Delaitre, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Guillaume Delaitre, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Guillaume Delaitre, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Guillaume Delaitre, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Guillaume Delaitre, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Guillaume Delaitre, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Breno Figueiredo, CC BY 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.