Malvaceae
Cuban jute
Sida rhombifolia
- Family
- Malvaceae
- Genus
- Sida
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Common names
By language (25)
- ace
- Jruen
- Arabic
- مهابالا
- Bambara
- Bojarafin
- ban
- Selegui
- Bangla
- লাল বেড়েলা, আতিবালা
- Chinese
- 白背黄花稔, 金午時花, 白背黄花棯, 黄花母, 黄花母根, 黄花稔
- Croatian
- Rombolisna baršunica
- Czech
- Vlákeň kosolistá
- English
- Cuban jute, Angled sida
- Finnish
- Ruutusiida
- gor
- Potoheto
- Indonesian
- Sidaguri
- Javanese
- Sidaguri, Sadagori
- Kannada
- ಆನೆ ಕಡೀರು
- mad
- Tagghuri
- Malagasy
- Sandahory, Tsindahory
- Malayalam
- ആനക്കുറുന്തോട്ടി
- min
- Saliguri
- Persian
- یونجه ایرلندی
- sg
- Gbapörö
- Sundanese
- Sadagori
- Swedish
- Smalmalva
- Telugu
- అతిబల
- Tongan
- Teʻehoosi, Ageratum conyzoides
- Welsh
- Hocysen Queensland
Synonyms
- Diadesma rhombifolia (L.) Raf.
- Malva rhombifolia (L.) E.H.L.Krause
- Napaea rhombifolia (L.) Moench
- Sida alba Cav.
- Sida rhombifolia subsp. rhombifolia
- Sida rhombifolia var. rhomboidea (Roxb. ex Fleming) Mast.
Flowers
- In flower
- all year (from 1,020 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb, Subshrub
- Lifespan
- Annual, Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Hawaii: introduced, Lower 48 states: native, Navassa Island: native, Pacific Basin: introduced, Puerto Rico: native, U.S. Virgin Islands: native
Photos
FlowerPhoto: Douglas Goldman, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Ricard Busquets Reverte, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Rebecca Gimenez Husted, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Linda Jo Conn, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Dinesh Valke from Thane, India, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: João Medeiros, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: João Medeiros, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: zebedeugalinha, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: João Medeiros, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Emma Walker, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Bob Peterson from North Palm Beach, Florida, Planet Earth!, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Texas Bird Family, 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.