Sida cordifolia L.
subsp. maculata (Cav.) Marais

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Photo: Bart Wursten
Top of dam wall, Cleveland Dam, Harare

Photo: Bart Wursten
By road to Hwange NP, Main Camp.

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Frequency:	Common
Status:	Introduced or native
Description:	Annual or short-lived perennial herb or soft shrub up to 1 m. Leaves grey-green, velvety with roughly toothed margins. Flowers in clusters, terminal at the stems and branches, yellow.
Notes:	It is uncertain whether it is of natural or introduced origin in Zimbabwe.
Derivation of specific name:	cordifolia: with cordate (heart-shaped) leaves
Habitat:	It is commonly found as a weed of cultivated and disturbed soils. It is most common in warmer and drier areas.
Altitude range: (metres)	Up to 1500 m
Flowering time:	Throughout the year
Worldwide distribution:	Pantropical
Zimbabwe distribution:	N,W,C,E,S
Growth form:	AP
Endemic status:
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Insects (whose larvae eat this species):
Spot characters:	Display spot characters for this species
Literature:	Pickering, H. & Roe, E. (2009). Wild Flowers of the Victoria Falls Area Helen Pickering, London Page 82. as Sida cordifolia (Includes a picture).

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