Sida rhomboidea
- Habit
- Undershrub
- Found in India
- Gujarat, Tamil Nadu, Maharashtra & more
- Flowering
- July-September
How to identify Sida rhomboidea
Identify Sida rhomboidea by combining habit, leaf characters, flower or fruit details, location, and its family pattern. Do not rely on one feature alone.
- Look for a undershrub habit.
- In season, compare flowering and fruiting time: July-September.
- In India, compare location records such as Gujarat, Tamil Nadu, Maharashtra, Karnataka and nearby regions.
- Confirm it sits within the Malvaceae family pattern, then compare close relatives before deciding it is Sida rhomboidea.
Plant Details
- Scientific name
- Sida rhomboidea
- Genus
- Sida
- Family
- Malvaceae
- Habit
- Undershrub
- Habitat
- Wastelands
- Habitat type
- Wasteland
- Native to
- India
- Distribution
- India
- Found in India
- Gujarat, Tamil Nadu, Maharashtra, Karnataka, Rajasthan, Telangana, Kerala, West Bengal, Andhra Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Madhya Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Delhi, Odisha, Himachal Pradesh, Assam, Bihar, Chandigarh, Haryana, Goa, Jammu & Kashmir, Meghalaya, Punjab, Arunachal Pradesh, Manipur, Sikkim, Nagaland, Andaman & Nicobar Islands, Mizoram, Puducherry
- Flowering & fruiting
- July-September
- Conservation status
- Not Evaluated (NE)
Leaf characters
- Arrangement
- Alternate
Typical of the Malvaceae family — a field-mark hint, not measured for this exact species.
Flower & fruit characters
- Flower symmetry
- Actinomorphic (radially symmetrical)
- Inflorescence
- Solitary
- Fruit
- Capsule
Typical of the Malvaceae family — flowering plants only; individual species can differ.
About Sida rhomboidea
Sida rhomboidea is a low shrub in the Malvaceae family. In India it has been recorded in Gujarat, Tamil Nadu, Maharashtra and 28 other states. It grows in wastelands. Flowering and fruiting run from July to September.
Malvaceae
Mallow/Hibiscus family
Sida rhomboidea belongs to the Malvaceae family.
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