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Flower buds arise singly or in small groups on 1/2" long peduncles from the leaf axils. Because the flower peduncles are shorter (1/2") than the leaf petioles (1"), the flowers are often partly hidden among the leaves. Individual flowers are about 8 mm across. A flower contains five green, triangular sepals; five light yellow or light orange, rounded, floppy petals with pale lines that function as nectar guides and asymmetrical tips; and a central reproductive column (like mallows, to which prickly sida is related). That column consists of five styles fused along most of their lengths, each with a globose terminal stigma, and numerous stamens with yellow anthers. After fertilization, a circular seedpod forms from the five carpels; when mature, the seedpod turns brown and breaks into five segments, each containing a single reddish-brown, three-angled seed.

Sida

Sida spinosa

prickly sida [Blooms: Aug-Sep]