• Family : MALVACEAE
• Family (As per The Plant List) : Malvaceae
• Species : Sida rhombifolia
• Subspecies : rhombifolia
• Species Name (as per The Plant List) : Sida rhombifolia L.
• Vernacular name : Aatibala (San.); Barela, Lalbarela (Hin.); Bannegarugugida, Mahabala (Kan.)
• Collection Nos : KFP 11587, KFP 14031
• Key identification features : A much-branched erect, perennial herb which is minutely hairy. Leaves are variable, ovate-elliptic or rhomboid, coarsely-toothed. Flowers are about 2 cm, one or more in cymose clusters, yellow, axillary and solitary. Calyx is campanulate and lobes are acuminate. Corolla is yellow to pale-orange in colour, oblique. Mericarps about 6-12.
• Habit : Herb
• Native : India, Nepal.
• Conservation Status : Not Evaluated (NE)
• Distribution Locality : Bagalkot, Bangalore, Belgaum, Bellary, Bidar, Bijapur, Chamrajnagar, Chikamagalur, Chikkaballapur, Chitradurga, Dakshina Kannada, Davanagere, Dharwad, Gadag, Gulbarga, Hassan, Haveri, Kodagu, Kolar, Koppal, Mandya, Mysore, Raichur, Ramanagara, Shimoga, Tumkur, Udupi, Uttara Kannada, Yadgir
• Floras referred : Saldanha, 1984; Seetharam et al., 2000 - Gulbarga; Gopalakrishna Bhat, 2003 - Udupi; N.P.Singh, 1988- Flora of Eastern Karnataka; Manjunath et al., 2003 - Davanagere

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