Plant: perennial herb; Multistemmed, erect, up to 0.5 m tall, minutely stellate-puberulent

Leaves: narrowly oblong-lanceolate, dentate, 3-9 mm wide, pubescent beneath

Flowers: axillary but apically congested through shortened internodes; calyx 6-7 mm long; petals yellow-orange (to reddish), 10-12 mm long; styles 10-12, obscurely reticulate laterally, muticous

Fruit: FRUITS schizocarpic, glabrous or pubescent; mericarps 5-14, usually indurate, usually laterally reticulate, apically 2-spined or muticous; SEEDS solitary, glabrous

Misc: On rocky slopes and in canyons, generally in open vegetation:; 1200-1800 m (4000-6000 ft); Jun-Oct

REFERENCES: Fryxell, Paul A. 1994. Malvaceae. J. Ariz. - Nev. Acad. Sci. Volume 27(2), 222-236.

Duration: Perennial

Nativity: Native

Lifeform: Forb/Herb

General: Multi-stemmed erect perennial herbs up to .5 m tall, minutely stellate-puberulent.

Leaves: Narrowly oblong-lanceolate, dentate, 3-9 mm wide, pubescent beneath.

Flowers: Axillary but apically congested through shortened internodes, calyx 6-7 mm long, petals yellow-orange to reddish, 10-12 mm long, styles 10-12, obscurely reticulate laterally, muticous.

Fruits: Apically pubescent, 5-7 mm diameter, 7-14 per schizocarp.

Ecology: Found on rocky slopes, in canyons, and generally in open vegetation from 4,000-6,000 ft (1219-1829 m); flowers June-October.

Notes: Diagnostic of this plant is the congestion of the flowers and fruits at the end of the stem, the 1 cm pedicel, and narrowly oblong-lanceolate leaves.

Ethnobotany: Unknown

Etymology: Sida is the name Theophrastus gave to the lily, neomexicanum means New Mexico for location of type specimen.

Synonyms: None

Editor: SBuckley, 2010