genus
Sidas
Sida
Field notes
Sida is a genus of flowering plants in the mallow family, Malvaceae. They are distributed in tropical and subtropical regions worldwide, especially in the Americas. Plants of the genus may be known generally as fanpetals or sidas.
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- Cuban Jute introduced
- Spreading Sida native
- Spinyhead Sida native
- Common Fanpetals native
- Flannel Weed introduced
- Prickly Fanpetals native
- Bracted Fanpetals native
- Yellow ʻilima native
- Spiked Sida
- Corrugated Sida
- Long-stalked Sida
- Flaxleaf Fanpetals
- Showy Fanpetals present
- Elliott's Sida native
- Flatstem Sida present
- New Mexico Fanpetals present
- Tropical Fanpetals
- Clustered Fanpetals
- Javanese Fanpetals
- Smooth Fanpetals
- Sida javensis
- Sida salviifolia
- Jamaican Fanpetals
- Moth Fanpetals
Range
Greener is more native, amber more introduced; paler is less certain. How this was decided
Key traits
From USDA PLANTS.
Top native sidas All
Native to the US, ranked by caterpillars, then bees and other hosts, food, flowers and shelter.
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Prickly Fanpetals
Sida spinosa
caterpillars
13
hosts
1
food
2
flowers
38
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Spinyhead Sida
Sida acuta
caterpillars
8
hosts
1
flowers
19
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Common Fanpetals
Sida ulmifolia
caterpillars
7
hosts
1
flowers
23
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Bracted Fanpetals
Sida ciliaris
caterpillars
7
hosts
1
flowers
15
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Spreading Sida
Sida abutilifolia
caterpillars
4
hosts
1
food
1
flowers
12
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Elliott's Sida
Sida elliottii
caterpillars
4
hosts
1
flowers
10
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Yellow ʻilima
Sida fallax
caterpillars
3
flowers
1
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Florida Sida
Sida littoralis