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Velvetleaf
Abutilon theophrasti
About
Abutilon theophrasti, also known as velvetleaf, velvet plant, velvetweed and the Chinese jute is an annual plant in the family Malvaceae that is native to Central and East Asia. It is the type species of the genus Abutilon. Its specific epithet, theophrasti, commemorates the ancient Greek botanist-philosopher Theophrastus.
- Family
- Malvaceae
Ecology
How it lives
- Propagated by
- Seed
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- Name
- Abutilon theophrasti
- Slug
- abutilon-theophrasti
- Kingdom
- Plantae
- Family
- Malvaceae
- Genus
- Abutilon
- Species
- theophrasti
- Wikidata QID
- Q606369
- Propagule type
- seed
- Container suitable
- No
- Indoor suitable
- No
- OSSI pledged
- No
- Hazard level
- 1
- Data completeness
- 43
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