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|accepted_name=Abutilon theophrasti
|accepted_authority=Medikus
|publications={{Treatment/Publication
|title=Malvenfam.,
|place=28. 1787
|year=1787
}}
|common_names=Butterprint;China jute;chingma;Indian hemp;pie-marker;velvetleaf
|special_status={{Treatment/ID/Special_status
|code=I
|label=Introduced
}}{{Treatment/ID/Special_status
|code=W
|label=Weedy
}}
|basionyms={{Treatment/ID/Basionym
|name=Sida abutilon
|authority=Linnaeus
|rank=species
|publication_title=Sp. Pl.
|publication_place=2: 685. 1753
}}
|synonyms=
|hierarchy=Malvaceae;Malvaceae subfam. Malvoideae;Abutilon;Abutilon theophrasti
|hierarchy_nav=<div class="higher-taxa"><div class="higher-taxon"><small>family</small>[[Malvaceae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>subfamily</small>[[Malvaceae subfam. Malvoideae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>genus</small>[[Abutilon]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>species</small>[[Abutilon theophrasti]]</div></div>
|volume=Volume 6
|mention_page=page 222, 227
|treatment_page=page 226
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--><span class="statement" id="st-undefined" data-properties=""><b>Herbs,</b> annual, to 1+ m. <b>Stems</b> erect, stellate-tomentose, without simple hairs. <b>Leaves</b>: stipules lanceolate; petiole subequal to blade; blade concolorous, broadly ovate to suborbiculate, 8–15 cm, ± as long as wide, base cordate, margins crenulate, apex acuminate, surfaces softly pubescent. <b>Inflorescences</b> usually solitary flowers, sometimes cymose or racemose. <b>Flowers</b>: calyx 10 mm, lobes not overlapping, erect in fruit, ovate; corolla pale yellow throughout, petals 8–13 mm; staminal column glabrous; style 13–15-branched. <b>Schizocarps</b> broadly ovoid, 15 × 20 mm; mericarps: apex spinose, spines divergent, 3–6 mm, hirsute. <b>Seeds</b> 3 per mericarp, 3–4 mm, minutely puberulent. <b>2n</b> = 84.</span><!--

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|phenology=Flowering summer–fall.
|habitat=Soybean, corn, and cotton fields, naturalized in disturbed sites
|elevation=0–1400 m
|distribution=Ont.;Ala.;Ariz.;Ark.;Calif.;Colo.;Conn.;Del.;Fla.;Ga.;Idaho;Ill.;Ind.;Iowa;Kans.;Ky.;La.;Maine;Md.;Mass.;Mich.;Minn.;Miss.;Mo.;Mont.;Nebr.;Nev.;N.H.;N.J.;N.Mex.;N.Y.;N.C.;N.Dak.;Ohio;Okla.;Oreg.;Pa.;R.I.;S.C.;S.Dak.;Tenn.;Tex.;Utah;Vt.;Va.;Wash.;W.Va.;Wis.;Wyo.;Europe;Asia.
|introduced=true
|discussion=<p>The history of the introduction of <i>Abutilon theophrasti</i> to North America was recounted by N. R. Spencer (1984). It can be abundant locally, thriving when rich cultivated soils are disturbed, especially in the midwestern region. Interference with crops has been extensive.</p>
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-->{{#Taxon:
name=Abutilon theophrasti
|authority=Medikus
|rank=species
|parent rank=genus
|synonyms=
|basionyms=Sida abutilon
|family=Malvaceae
|phenology=Flowering summer–fall.
|habitat=Soybean, corn, and cotton fields, naturalized in disturbed sites
|elevation=0–1400 m
|distribution=Ont.;Ala.;Ariz.;Ark.;Calif.;Colo.;Conn.;Del.;Fla.;Ga.;Idaho;Ill.;Ind.;Iowa;Kans.;Ky.;La.;Maine;Md.;Mass.;Mich.;Minn.;Miss.;Mo.;Mont.;Nebr.;Nev.;N.H.;N.J.;N.Mex.;N.Y.;N.C.;N.Dak.;Ohio;Okla.;Oreg.;Pa.;R.I.;S.C.;S.Dak.;Tenn.;Tex.;Utah;Vt.;Va.;Wash.;W.Va.;Wis.;Wyo.;Europe;Asia.
|introduced=true
|reference=None
|publication title=Malvenfam.,
|publication year=1787
|special status=Introduced;Weedy
|source xml=https://bitbucket.org/aafc-mbb/fna-data-curation/src/2e0870ddd59836b60bcf96646a41e87ea5a5943a/coarse_grained_fna_xml/V6/V6_403.xml
|subfamily=Malvaceae subfam. Malvoideae
|genus=Abutilon
|species=Abutilon theophrasti
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