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Elliott's Fanpetals

Sida elliottii

65
Strong

Native to Arkansas. How scores work Is it native here?

Profile 53%

Height
Up to about 3 feet
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Rare or protected plant. Specialist conservation planting; excluded from routine garden suggestions. Plant caution source

Hidden from default planting suggestions. Wildlife value and native status remain unchanged.

At a glance

Life cycle
Perennial

Not yet recorded · Spread · Light · Soil · Leaves · Bloom

Bloom: NC species account not read yet.

Spread, light, soil and leaves: no source found yet.

This plant is missing most of its facts, so Quercus is looking them up in old botany books.

Recorded in 7 Arkansas counties.

Also found with this plant

Wildlife whose habitat models include habitats this plant grows in, in Arkansas. Shared habitat, not food. 70 animals.

All wildlife of Arkansas

Ecological relationships

Who uses this plant?

What these records mean

15CaterpillarsGenus host records with ranges including AR

Genus host records with ranges including AR · Sida

  • Anomis erosaYellow Scallop Moth, Mallow Caterpillar
  • Anomis flavaTropical Anomis Moth
  • Bagisara repandaCommon Sida Tumbler, Wavy Lined Mallow Moth
  • Burnsius communisCommon Checkered-Skipper
  • Elasmopalpus lignosellaLesser Cornstalk Borer
  • Helicoverpa zeaCorn Earworm Moth
  • Hypena minualisMallow Snout
  • Hypena scabraGreen Cloverworm Bomolocha, Black Snout
  • Spodoptera frugiperdaFall Armyworm Moth
  • Spodoptera ornithogalliYellow-Striped Armyworm Moth, Cotton Cutworm
Show all 15
  • Spragueia apicalisYellow Spragueia
  • Strymon melinusGray Hairstreak
  • Tarache tetragonaFour-Spot Bird-Dropping Moth
  • Acrocercops quinquistrigella
  • Helvibotys helvialis
Shropshire & Tallamy 2025, Lepidoptera of North America north of Mexico, ZooKeys 1261 (ODbL)
12BeesSoutheastern regional records

Southeastern regional records · Sida

Individual names are not available yet.

Noori, Seltmann & Orr 2026, A curated and integrated dataset for exploring global bee-plant interactions (GloBI), Zenodo, CC BY 4.0
0Specialist beesPollen specialists
2BirdsRecorded genus food-resource interactions; not a state feeding claim

Recorded genus food-resource interactions; not a state feeding claim · Sida

  • Columbina passerinaCommon Ground Dove
  • Zenaida macrouraMourning Dove
Hurlbert, Olsen, Sawyer & Winner 2021, Avian Diet Database, Scientific Data 8: 260 (CC0)

Direct food only: birds recorded eating this genus across North America. Caterpillars on host plants also feed nesting birds. NC Native Plant Society: butterfly gardening

No records yet · Ants · Beetles · Flies · Adult butterflies / moths · Other wasps · Other insects

Growing and identification

Plant details

Family
Malvaceae
Flower color
Yellow

What its natural habitat tells you

Growing sources and scope
Also known as

Celliotts Fanpetals

Conservation status

Arkansas rankS2S3
Global rankG4G5
AR statusNot verified
Federal statusNot verified

Conservation source Global and federal source

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