Abutilon parvulum Trailing Indian Mallow
PERENNIAL. Weak, trailing stems lay on the ground or on other
plants. Leaves green, thin, slightly fuzzy, arrow-shaped with coarse, irregular
teeth. Flowers orange-yellow to bright orange. Base of petal is not
spotted. Sepals are about the same length as the petals. Seedpod
is rounded, has 7 or fewer carpels, with a short recurved point at the
tip of each carpel. Shady, undisturbed places under shrubs, beside
boulders, etc. Common in the Empires in small canyon washes. Blooms
all summer. Herissantia crispa (Bladder Mallow) is superficially
similar and is found in the same places, but flowers are lighter in color
or white, and pods are inflated, papery, flattened spheres.
FAMILY: Malvaceae