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|accepted_name=Sida urens
|accepted_authority=Linnaeus
|publications={{Treatment/Publication
|title=Syst. Nat. ed.
|place=10: 1145. 1759
|year=1759
}}
|common_names=Bristly sida;tropical fanpetals
|special_status={{Treatment/ID/Special_status
|code=I
|label=Introduced
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|basionyms=
|synonyms={{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=Sida verticillata
|authority=Cavanilles
|rank=species
}}
|hierarchy=Malvaceae;Malvaceae subfam. Malvoideae;Sida;Sida urens
|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 urens]]</div></div>
|volume=Volume 6
|mention_page=page 311
|treatment_page=page 319
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--><span class="statement" id="st-undefined" data-properties=""><b>Herbs </b>or subshrubs, perennial, often scandent, 0.5–1.5 m. <b>Stems</b> erect or reclining, with simple 1.5–3 mm hairs mixed with shorter stellate hairs, rarely only stellate-hairy. <b>Leaves</b>: stipules free from petiole, 1-veined, subulate, 2–5 mm; petiole 10–30 mm, 1/4–1/2 (to nearly equaling) blade length, pubescence like stem; blade ovate to triangular, 4–9 cm, 1.5–2 times longer than wide, base cordate, margins crenate-serrate or coarsely serrate to base, apex acuminate or attenuate, surfaces sparsely pubescent, abaxial surface stellate-pubescent, adaxial surface stellate-pubescent or with simple, often antrorsely-oriented hairs. <b>Inflorescences</b> axillary, dense, subsessile, 3–8- glabrous or nearly so; mericarps 5, 3 × 1.5 mm, laterally faintly striate to smooth, apex muticous. <b>2n</b> = 32.</span><!--

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|phenology=Flowering year-round.
|habitat=Disturbed sites
|elevation=0–10 m
|distribution=Fla.;Mexico;West Indies;Central America;South America;introduced also in Africa;Indian Ocean Islands (Madagascar);Pacific Islands (Hawaii).
|introduced=true
|discussion=<p><i>Sida urens</i> was found only recently (2008) in Broward County. The species is easily distinguished by its long-acuminate beaked flower buds, setose calyx, cordate-acuminate leaves, and tendency to have long, reclining stems. It is rather common in tropical regions.</p>
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name=Sida urens
|authority=Linnaeus
|rank=species
|parent rank=genus
|synonyms=Sida verticillata
|basionyms=
|family=Malvaceae
|phenology=Flowering year-round.
|habitat=Disturbed sites
|elevation=0–10 m
|distribution=Fla.;Mexico;West Indies;Central America;South America;introduced also in Africa;Indian Ocean Islands (Madagascar);Pacific Islands (Hawaii).
|introduced=true
|reference=None
|publication title=Syst. Nat. ed.
|publication year=1759
|special status=Introduced
|source xml=https://bitbucket.org/aafc-mbb/fna-data-curation/src/2e0870ddd59836b60bcf96646a41e87ea5a5943a/coarse_grained_fna_xml/V6/V6_586.xml
|subfamily=Malvaceae subfam. Malvoideae
|genus=Sida
|species=Sida urens
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