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Malvaceae > Sida

Arrowleaf Sida, Cuban Jute, Paddy's Lucern (Sida rhombifolia) Arrowleaf Sida, Cuban Jute, Paddy's Lucern (Sida rhombifolia)
New Hanover Co., NC
26 Aug 2006

In NC, common along roadsides and other disturbed areas in the coastal plain and less common in the piedmont.

Arrowleaf Sida, Cuban Jute, Paddy's Lucern (Sida rhombifolia) Arrowleaf Sida, Cuban Jute, Paddy's Lucern (Sida rhombifolia)
New Hanover Co., NC
26 Aug 2006

Many species of Sida are caterpillar host plants for Common Checkered-Skippers (Pyrgus communis).

Arrowleaf Sida, Cuban Jute, Paddy's Lucern (Sida rhombifolia) Arrowleaf Sida, Cuban Jute, Paddy's Lucern (Sida rhombifolia)
New Hanover Co., NC
26 Aug 2006

Arrowleaf Sida, Cuban Jute, Paddy's Lucern (Sida rhombifolia) Arrowleaf Sida, Cuban Jute, Paddy's Lucern (Sida rhombifolia)
Chatham Co., NC
2 Oct 2011

Arrowleaf Sida, Cuban Jute, Paddy's Lucern (Sida rhombifolia) Arrowleaf Sida, Cuban Jute, Paddy's Lucern (Sida rhombifolia)
Chatham Co., NC
2 Oct 2011

Arrowleaf Sida, Cuban Jute, Paddy's Lucern (Sida rhombifolia) Arrowleaf Sida, Cuban Jute, Paddy's Lucern (Sida rhombifolia)
Chatham Co., NC
2 Oct 2011


Annotated habitat and distribution information listed above is from Radford, Ahles, & Bell. 1968. Manual of the Vascular Flora of the Carolinas. UNC Press; and from personal observations and discussions with Will Cook, Harry LeGrand, and Bob Wilbur. Common names from personal experience and supplemented by the following resources USDA plants website, Flora of the Carolinas, Virginia, and Georgia, and NatureServe.


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