Velvetleaf
(Invasive) 
Scientific Name: Abutilon theophrasti
Seeds can survive over 50 years in the soil. Native to southern Asia.
Velvetleaf
(Invasive)
Scientific Name: Abutilon theophrasti
Velvetleaf
| Genus species: | Abutilon theophrasti | |||||||||||
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| Common Name: | Velvetleaf | |||||||||||
| Family Name: | Malvaceae
Annual and perennial herbs, or shrubs; leaves alternate, simple, often palmately veined, stipulate; flowers bisexual, regular, mostly solitary or clustered in leaf axils; fruit a capsule, sometimes splitting into mericarps. | |||||||||||
| Seed Type: | Angiosperm | |||||||||||
| Origin:
Native: native to North America. Non-native: not native to North America. Introduced Native: native to North America, but not Rowe Woods. * Definitions based on the USDA terminology |
Nonnative | |||||||||||
| Category: | Wildflower | |||||||||||
| Flower Color: | Yellow | |||||||||||
| Identified by: | A. Swanson | |||||||||||
| Months in Bloom: The highlighted month(s) in this chart indicates the month(s) the plant has been observed blooming. | ||||||||||||
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