Galapagos Species Database
The Galapagos Species Database shares the information about the species from our Natural History Collections.
Herissantia crispa
monacillo blanco, babosilla, escobilla, bladdermallow, curly abutilon
Subshrub, 0.5-1.5m tall, with simple hairs and slender branches. The blades are ovate and greenish and the flowers are solitary in axils. The fruit is densely pubescent (Wiggins and Porter, 1971).
Found in scanty to deep soil in partial shade. From sea level to Transition Zone (Wiggins and Porter, 1971).
Domain
Eukaryota
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Magnoliophyta
Class
Magnoliopsida (= Dicotyledoneae)
Order
Malvales
Family
Malvaceae
Genus
Herissantia
Species
crispa
Taxon category: Accepted
Syn.: Sida crispa L.; Wiggins & Porter (1971) as Bogenhardia crispa (L.) Kearney
Origin: Native
Map of specimen collection localities or observation records for this species in our collections database.
Distribution: The native range of this species is Tropical & Subtropical America (POWO, 2023).
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"Galapagos Species Database, Herissantia crispa", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=575. Accessed 28 April 2025.