''Abutilon thurberi'', common name Thurber's Indian mallow, is a plant native to

Arizona Arizona is a U.S. state, state in the Southwestern United States, Southwestern region of the United States, sharing the Four Corners region of the western United States with Colorado, New Mexico, and Utah. It also borders Nevada to the nort ...

and

Sonora Sonora (), officially Estado Libre y Soberano de Sonora (), is one of the 31 states which, along with Mexico City, comprise the Administrative divisions of Mexico, Federal Entities of Mexico. The state is divided into Municipalities of Sonora, 72 ...

. It is an erect or decumbent

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less than one meter tall, with yellow flowers up to six millimeters in diameter. It occurs in shaded locations in the mountains.Fryxell, P.A. 1993 Malvaceae, Mallow Family. Journal of the Arizona-Nevada Academy of Science 27:222-236.

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thurberi Flora of Arizona Flora of Sonora Plants described in 1854 {{Malveae-stub