Fanpetals
Botanical name: Sida
Fanpetals
Botanical name: Sida
Description
Fanpetals are tropical and subtropical flowering herbs and shrubs with often showy, brightly colored flowers and hairy vegetative parts. They are attractive to many butterfly and moth species both as (nectar) food plants and as larval hosts. Some species have recently become problematic invasive weeds in non-native tropical regions.
Species of Fanpetals
Common Wireweed
Sida acuta is a flowering perennial in the mallow family that is known as common Wireweed. The plant gets its name from its tough, wiry stems and branches. Though common Wireweed is native to Central America and southern North America, this hardy plant has become invasive elsewhere - its wiriness, unfortunately, makes it very difficult to remove from the ground by hand.
Arrowleaf sida
Arrowleaf sida (Sida rhombifolia) is a perennial plant with delicate yellow blooms on stiff, almost woody stems. The stems are used to make brooms, giving it the common name "broom jute." It is also used to make cord and twine.
Prickly sida
The prickly sida (Sida spinosa) is a broadleaf herb that commonly invades crops, roadsides and pastures and is frequently viewed as a weed. Small flowers bloom during bright mornings mid-summer to early fall, attracting various types of bees and butterflies.
'ilima
'ilima is a perennial flowering shrub in the mallow family. Originally native to India, this flower has naturalized around the world and is often considered to be a weed. It’s Latin name, Sida cordifolia, makes reference to the plant’s heart-shaped leaves.
Bracted fanpetals
A pretty annual flower with pink or yellow blooms that have yellow throats, bracted fanpetals is generally found in the southern United States and into Mexico. Bracted fanpetals, or Sida ciliaris, has been naturalized in Hawaii.
Scientific Classification
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