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|accepted_name=Sida cordifolia
|accepted_authority=Linnaeus
|publications={{Treatment/Publication
|title=Sp. Pl.
|place=2: 684. 1753
|year=1753
}}
|common_names=Great-leaved sida
|special_status={{Treatment/ID/Special_status
|code=I
|label=Introduced
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|code=W
|label=Weedy
}}
|basionyms=
|synonyms={{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=Sida althaeifolia
|authority=Swartz
}} {{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=S. pellita
|authority=Kunth
}}
|hierarchy=Malvaceae;Malvaceae subfam. Malvoideae;Sida;Sida cordifolia
|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>[[Sida]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>species</small>[[Sida cordifolia]]</div></div>
|volume=Volume 6
|mention_page=page 312
|treatment_page=page 313
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--><span class="statement" id="st-undefined" data-properties=""><b>Subshrubs </b>or shrubs, to 1.5 m. <b>Stems</b> erect, stellate-tomentose. <b>Leaves</b>: stipules free from petiole, 1-veined, linear, 5–8 mm, shorter than petiole; petiole 10–25 mm, to 1/2 length of blade, stellate-tomentose; blade broadly cordate to ovate-lanceolate, to 6 cm, reduced distally, 1–2 times longer than wide, base cordate, margins dentate to base, apex acute, surfaces softly velvety-tomentose. <b>Inflorescences</b> axillary, usually subsessile, crowded panicles or corymbs, sometimes solitary flowers. <b>Pedicels</b> 0.2–0.4 cm, enlarging slightly in fruit, shorter than calyx. <b>Flowers</b>: calyx prominently ribbed, 6–7 mm, densely stellate-tomentose, lobes ovate; petals yellow-orange, often with darker reddish base, 8–11 mm; staminal column hairy; style 8–14-branched. <b>Schizocarps</b> oblate-conic, 6–7 mm diam., apically hairy; mericarps 8–14, 4–5 mm, dorsally smooth, apex spined, spines to 2 mm, retrorsely barbed (variably developed, rarely suppressed). <b>2n</b> = 28.</span><!--

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|phenology=Flowering year-round.
|habitat=Disturbed sites, savannas, open shrublands, pinelands
|elevation=0–300 m
|distribution=Ala.;Fla.;Tex.;Asia;introduced also in Mexico;West Indies;Central America;South America;Africa;Australia.
|discussion=<p>A velvety-tomentose herb sometimes used in herbal medicines, <i>Sida cordifolia</i> is believed to have originated in India, but has been widely spread in warmer regions globally. In many areas it is considered to be an invasive weed. There is considerable variation in the flower color patterns; the velvety-tomentose indument and retrorsely barbed, relatively large or conspicuous spines can help in identification.</p>
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-->{{#Taxon:
name=Sida cordifolia
|author=
|authority=Linnaeus
|rank=species
|parent rank=genus
|synonyms=Sida althaeifolia;S. pellita
|basionyms=
|family=Malvaceae
|phenology=Flowering year-round.
|habitat=Disturbed sites, savannas, open shrublands, pinelands
|elevation=0–300 m
|distribution=Ala.;Fla.;Tex.;Asia;introduced also in Mexico;West Indies;Central America;South America;Africa;Australia.
|introduced=true
|reference=None
|publication title=Sp. Pl.
|publication year=1753
|special status=Introduced;Weedy
|source xml=https://jpend@bitbucket.org/aafc-mbb/fna-data-curation.git/src/f6b125a955440c0872999024f038d74684f65921/coarse_grained_fna_xml/V6/V6_569.xml
|subfamily=Malvaceae subfam. Malvoideae
|genus=Sida
|species=Sida cordifolia
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