"Character / species";"Abutilon albidum";"A. bidentatum";"A. indicum" "Stem pubescence";"Stellate, tomentose, intermixed with long simple patent hairs and multicellular hairs";"Stellate, tomentose, intermixed with long simple patent hairs and multicellular hairs";"Dense stellate hairs, rarely with some slender, simple hairs" "Staminal column length";"2–3 mm long";"2–3 mm long";"5–7 mm long" Mericarps;"10–15 in number, 9 × 5 mm, the outer apical (dorsal) margin acute-triangular, without cusps or protuberances";"13–16 in number, 8–10 × 3–5 mm, the outer apical (dorsal) margin bidentate, i.e. with two cusps 1–2 mm long";"15–22 in number, 10–18 × 7–9 mm, the outer apical (dorsal) margin either rounded, acute or long-acuminate" Corolla;"10–15 mm across, petals ca. 8 mm long, pale yellow to yellow";"10–15 mm across, petals ca. 8 mm long, pale yellow to yellow";"25–35 mm across, petals 12–15 mm long, yellow to orange yellow" Inflorescence;"Flowers solitary in the leaf axils or merging into distinct panicles";"Flowers solitary in the leaf axils or merging into distinct panicles";"Flowers solitary, in the leaf axils" Distribution;"Canary Islands (Tenerife), north-western Africa";"Native to eastern Africa";"Native to the Indian Subcontinent and neighbouring territories; introduced elsewhere" Ecology;"Basaltic rocks in the desert or semi-desert, sandy river beds";"Riverine forest, river banks, alluvial Acacia wooded grassland and bushland; weedy in Egypt, Saudi Arabia and India";"Waste places, roadsides, along the beach, as a weed in plantations and gardens"