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|accepted_name=Abutilon fruticosum
|accepted_authority=Guillemin & Perrottet in J. B. A. Guillemin et al.
|publications={{Treatment/Publication
|title=in J. B. A. Guillemin et al., Fl. Seneg. Tent.
|place=1: 70. 1831
|year=1831
}}
|common_names=Pelotazo
|basionyms=
|synonyms={{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=Abutilon texense
|authority=Torrey & A. Gray
}}
|hierarchy=Malvaceae;Malvaceae subfam. Malvoideae;Abutilon;Abutilon fruticosum
|hierarchy_nav=<div class="higher-taxa"><div class="higher-taxon"><small>family</small>[[Malvaceae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>subfamily</small>[[Malvaceae subfam. Malvoideae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>genus</small>[[Abutilon]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>species</small>[[Abutilon fruticosum]]</div></div>
|volume=Volume 6
|mention_page=page 222
|treatment_page=page 223
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--><span class="statement" id="st-undefined" data-properties=""><b>Subshrubs,</b> 1–1.5 m. <b>Stems</b> erect, stellate-tomentulose, without simple hairs. <b>Leaves</b>: stipules subulate, 2 mm; petiole shorter than blade; blade ± concolorous, ovate, 2–10 cm (often smaller), somewhat longer than wide, base cordate, margins irregularly serrate, apex acute, surfaces minutely stellate-pubescent. <b>Inflorescences</b> solitary flowers or terminal panicles. <b>Flowers</b>: calyx 3–5 mm, lobes not overlapping, reflexed in fruit, lanceolate-ovate, to 8 mm wide; corolla yellow throughout, petals 5–10 mm; staminal column glabrous; style 6–9-branched. <b>Schizocarps</b> cask-shaped, 8–9 × 8–9 mm; mericarps: apex acute or apiculate, surface tomentulose. <b>Seeds</b> 3 per mericarp, 2 mm, puberulent but appearing glabrous. <b>2n</b> = 14.</span><!--

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|phenology=Flowering year-round.
|habitat=Open, arid habitats
|elevation=0–2000 m
|distribution=Ark.;N.Mex.;Okla.;Tex.;Mexico (Chihuahua;Coahuila;Nuevo León;San Luis Potosí;Tamaulipas;Zacatecas);se Europe;n Africa.
|discussion=<p><i>Abutilon fruticosum</i> is thought to be native to the New World; it also occurs disjunctly in northern Africa and the Levant countries. It is widespread in southwestern Texas, scarce in Oklahoma and Arkansas, and is known from Chaves and Lincoln counties, New Mexico.</p>
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name=Abutilon fruticosum
|author=
|authority=Guillemin & Perrottet in J. B. A. Guillemin et al.
|rank=species
|parent rank=genus
|synonyms=Abutilon texense
|basionyms=
|family=Malvaceae
|phenology=Flowering year-round.
|habitat=Open, arid habitats
|elevation=0–2000 m
|distribution=Ark.;N.Mex.;Okla.;Tex.;Mexico (Chihuahua;Coahuila;Nuevo León;San Luis Potosí;Tamaulipas;Zacatecas);se Europe;n Africa.
|reference=None
|publication title=in J. B. A. Guillemin et al., Fl. Seneg. Tent.
|publication year=1831
|special status=
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|subfamily=Malvaceae subfam. Malvoideae
|genus=Abutilon
|species=Abutilon fruticosum
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