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Arizona anoda
Scientific Name: Anoda thurberi
Family: Malvaceae
Category: Dicot
Growth: Forb/herb
Duration: Annual
Other Names:
Arizona Anoda (Anoda thurberi)
The Arizona Anoda, scientifically known as Anoda thurberi, is an annual herb belonging to the mallow family (Malvaceae). This plant is native to Arizona and other parts of the southwestern United States.
Considerations for Pets
- Some Anoda species are herbs or shrubs.
Considerations for Children
- Some Anoda species are herbs or shrubs.
Taxonomy and Nomenclature
- Scientific Name: Anoda thurberi A. Gray
- Family: Malvaceae (Mallow Family)
- Kingdom: (Implied) Plantae
- Rank: Species
- Synonyms: Anoda (implied as part of the genus)
- Other Anoda Species:
- Anoda pentaschista (Field Anoda)
- Anoda reticulata (Netted Anoda)
- Anoda cristata (Crested Anoda)
- Anoda crenatiflora (Thicket Anoda)
- Anoda abutiloides (Indian Anoda)
Common Names
- Arizona Anoda
- Crested Anoda (for Anoda cristata)
- Spurred Anoda (for Anoda cristata)
- Violettas
- Indian Anoda
- False Indian-mallow
Distribution and Habitat
- Native to Arizona.
- Found in the southwestern United States.
- Common in Arizona along streams and other moist meadows.
Morphological Characteristics
- Duration: Annual
- Growth Habit: Herb/Forb or Subshrub
- Size: Typically grows to about 1 meter in height, with some varieties reaching 1-2 meters.
- Stems: Minutely stellate- and glandular-pubescent, or stellate-pubescent to glabrate, or with spreading simple hairs 0.5-1 mm long and smaller glandular hairs.
- Leaves: Ovate to hastate, minutely pubescent, sometimes purplish; highly variable in form, often narrowly oblong-linear, hastately toothed to entire; linear, lanceolate, ovate, hastately lobed, or palmately divided, usually; ovate-acuminate, dentate, softly tomentose.
Quirky Facts
- The leaves of Arizona Anoda are described as being highly variable in form, ranging from narrowly oblong-linear to hastately toothed or even entire.
Ecology and Interactions
- Spurred Anoda (Anoda cristata) can interfere with cotton crops.
Further Resources
- Discover Life: Provides information on the biology, natural history, ecology, identification, and distribution of Anoda thurberi.
- University of Arizona Yavapai Plants: Offers species details for forbs like Anoda cristata. (http://cals.arizona.edu/yavapaiplants/SpeciesDetailForb.php)
- Encyclopedia of Life: Includes information on Anoda thurberi.
- ITIS (Integrated Taxonomic Information System): Provides taxonomic information (TSN 21692).