Curly Herissantia
Abutilon crispum
- Habit
- Herb
- Native to
- India, Sri Lanka
- Flowering
- March-October
How to identify Curly Herissantia
Identify Curly Herissantia by combining habit, leaf characters, flower or fruit details, location, and its family pattern. Do not rely on one feature alone.
- Look for a herb habit.
- Confirm leaf shape: Cordate.
- Confirm leaf margin: Crisped/wavy.
- Confirm flower colour: Yellow.
- Confirm flower arrangement: Solitary.
- In season, compare flowering and fruiting time: March-October.
- Confirm it sits within the Malvaceae family pattern, then compare close relatives before deciding it is Curly Herissantia.
Plant Details
Leaf characters
- Leaf shape
- CordaterecordedHeart-shaped, with a notch at the base.“The oval or heart-shaped leaves are up to 7 centimeters long with rippled edges.” — Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Leaf margin
- Crisped/wavyrecorded
Typical of the family
- Arrangement
- Alternate
Characters marked “recorded” are for Curly Herissantia itself; the rest are typical of the Malvaceae family.
Flower & fruit characters
- Flower colour
- Yellowrecorded
- Flower arrangement
- SolitaryrecordedA single flower borne alone, not in a cluster.“The inflorescence is a solitary flower emerging from a , borne on a long-haired pedicel which is half erect and then jointed downward.” — Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0
Typical of the family
- Flower symmetry
- Actinomorphic (radially symmetrical)
- Inflorescence
- Solitary
- Fruit
- Capsule
Characters marked “recorded” are for Curly Herissantia itself; the rest are typical of the Malvaceae family — flowering plants only.
About Curly Herissantia
Curly herissantia (Abutilon crispum) belongs to the Malvaceae family, where it grows as a herb. It is native to India, Sri Lanka. It grows in scrub, dry deciduous forests, also roadsides. Flowering and fruiting run from March to October.
Malvaceae
Mallow/Hibiscus family
Curly Herissantia belongs to the Malvaceae family.
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