Anoda pentaschista

Field anoda

Family: Malvaceae · Type: perennial · Not Native

Field anoda is a naturalized perennial found in the Imperial County region of the southern desert at elevations below 600 meters, typically occurring in or near disturbed agricultural lands. Flowering from August to November, this plant produces pale flowers approximately 10 millimeters wide with distinctive stellate hairs. Growing with erect stems 50 to 200 centimeters tall, it develops a branching habit with leathery leaves that vary from ovate in the lower portions to narrowly oblong or linear in upper sections. Its leaves are notable for dense white stellate hairs on the underside and sparser green hairs on the upper surface, with occasional slight lobing or serration. The plant produces a puberulent fruit with five to eight styles, typical of its agricultural weed characteristics.

Habitat: Very uncommon. In or near disturbed or agricultural land

Bloom period: Aug-Nov

Elevation: < 600 m

Bioregions: DSon (Imperial Co.)

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