Malvaceae
Sticky fanpetals
Sida glutinosa
- Family
- Malvaceae
- Genus
- Sida
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Common names
By language (1)
- English
- Sticky fanpetals
Synonyms
- Sida brevipubens Gand.
- Sida glutinosa var. antiguensis Hochr.
- Sida glutinosa var. cinerea Baker f.
- Sida nervosa DC.
- Sida racemosa Burm.f.
- Sida velutinifolia Gand.
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb, Subshrub
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Puerto Rico: native, U.S. Virgin Islands: native
Photos

Photo: Lalithamba from India, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons Photo: Adityamadhav83, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons Photo: Adityamadhav83, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons
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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0); popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.