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Plant Habit: Shrub
Life cycle: Perennial
Sun Requirements: Full Sun
Water Preferences: Mesic
Dry Mesic
Soil pH Preferences: Slightly acid (6.1 – 6.5)
Neutral (6.6 – 7.3)
Slightly alkaline (7.4 – 7.8)
Minimum cold hardiness: Zone 8a -12.2 °C (10 °F) to -9.4 °C (15 °F)
Plant Height: Erect to sprawling, 2 to 5 feet
Leaves: Deciduous
Fruit: Edible to birds
Other: Green, maturing to brown, dry, 8-12 segmented capsules. Each segment contains a single seed
Flowers: Showy
Flower Color: Yellow
Other: Yellow to pale yellowish-orange
Bloom Size: Under 1"
Flower Time: Late spring or early summer
Summer
Late summer or early fall
Underground structures: Taproot
Suitable Locations: Xeriscapic
Uses: Medicinal Herb
Vegetable
Will Naturalize
Suitable for forage
Edible Parts: Leaves
Eating Methods: Tea
Cooked
Dynamic Accumulator: P (Phosphorus)
Ca (Calcium)
Wildlife Attractant: Bees
Birds
Butterflies
Resistances: Humidity tolerant
Drought tolerant
Miscellaneous: Tolerates poor soil

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Common names
  • Indian Hemp
  • Teaweed
  • Cuban Jute
  • Diamondleaf Fanpetal
  • Arrowleaf Sida

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Location: Sumatera Indonesia
Date: 2018-02-21
Location: Southern Pines, NC (West Illinois avenue)
Date: September 13, 2022
Indian Hemp #331; RAB page 702, 122-5-3; LHB page 658, 122-5-?; A
Location: Jacksonville, TX
Location: Aberdeen, NC Pages Lake park
Date: September 13, 2022
Indian Hemp #331; RAB page 702, 122-5-3; LHB page 658, 122-5-?; A
Photo by dave
Photo by dave
Location: Jacksonville, TX
Location: Aberdeen, NC Pages Lake park
Date: September 13, 2022
Indian Hemp #331; RAB page 702, 122-5-3; LHB page 658, 122-5-?; A

photo credit: Jeevan Jose, Kerala, India
Location: Paraty, Brazil
Date: 2010-01-31
Location: Atlantic rainforest, Paraty, Brazil
Date: 2013-12-07
Location: My back yard, Arlington, Texas.
Date: Summer 2011
Close up of the flowers they close by noon.
Location: My back yard, Arlington, Texas.
Date: Summer 2011
This is very cute plant.
Location: Paraty, Brazil
Date: 2010-01-22
Location: Paraty, Brazil
Date: 2010-01-21
Location: Paraty, Brazil
Date: 2010-01-22
Location: Paraty, Brazil
Date: 2010-01-31
Location: Northeastern, Texas
Location: Northeastern, Texas
Location: Northeastern, Texas
Date: 2010-03-26
Location: Northeastern, Texas
Date: Native plant found growing in the wild
Location: Atlantic rainforest, Paraty, Brazil
Date: 2013-12-07
Location: Atlantic rainforest, Paraty, Brazil
Date: 2013-12-07
Location: Atlantic rainforest, Paraty, Brazil
Date: 2013-12-07
Location: Atlantic rainforest, Paraty, Brazil
Date: 2013-12-09
Comments:
  • Posted by BlueOddish (South Jordan, Utah, USA - Zone 7a) on Oct 5, 2018 7:53 AM concerning plant:
    A common name for this plant in Brazil is "Guanxuma".
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