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Smooth Fanpetals

Sida glabra

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Not native

Not native to Florida. How scores work Is it native here?

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At a glance

Not yet recorded · Height · Spread · Light · Soil · Life cycle · Leaves · Bloom

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

Recorded in 1 Florida county.

Ecological relationships

Who uses this plant?

What these records mean

22CaterpillarsGenus host records with ranges including FL

Genus host records with ranges including FL · Sida

  • Anomis erosaYellow Scallop Moth, Mallow Caterpillar
  • Anomis flavaTropical Anomis Moth
  • Bagisara repandaCommon Sida Tumbler, Wavy Lined Mallow Moth
  • Burnsius albezensWhite Checkered-Skipper, Western Checkered Skipper
  • Burnsius communisCommon Checkered-Skipper
  • Burnsius oileusTropical Checkered-Skipper
  • Elasmopalpus lignosellaLesser Cornstalk Borer
  • Helicoverpa zeaCorn Earworm Moth
  • Hypena minualisMallow Snout
  • Hypena scabraGreen Cloverworm Bomolocha, Black Snout
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  • Spodoptera frugiperdaFall Armyworm Moth
  • Spodoptera ornithogalliYellow-Striped Armyworm Moth, Cotton Cutworm
  • Spragueia apicalisYellow Spragueia
  • Stegasta capitellaTeaweed Moth
  • Strymon istapaMallow Scrub-Hairstreak, Dotted Hairstreak; Modest Hairstreak, [Columella Hairstreak : former mis-applied name]
  • Strymon melinusGray Hairstreak
  • Tarache tetragonaFour-Spot Bird-Dropping Moth
  • Acrocercops quinquistrigella
  • Helvibotys helvialis
  • Hypena vetustalis
  • Mimophobetron pyropsalis
  • Neotischeria neotropicana
Shropshire & Tallamy 2025, Lepidoptera of North America north of Mexico, ZooKeys 1261 (ODbL)
—BeesSoutheastern regional records
—Specialist 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

Growing and identification

Plant details

Family
Malvaceae

What its natural habitat tells you

Safety has not been reviewed for this plant; check toxicity and thorns before planting.

Conservation status

Florida rankSNA
Global rankNot available
FL statusNot verified
Federal statusNot verified

Conservation source

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