Cuban Jute
Sida rhombifolia
Cuban jute (arrowleaf sida) is a wiry native subshrub with small pale-yellow mallow flowers through the warm season, a tough, drought-tolerant plant for hot, sunny ground and a larval host for some skippers.
- Family
- Malvaceae
- Type
- wildflower
- Lifespan
- perennial
- Height
- 1–3 ft
- Spacing
- 1–2 ft apart
- Light
- sun
- Soil moisture
- dry
- Soil pH
- neutral, alkaline
- Bloom
- June, July, August, September, October
- Bloom colors
- yellow
- Wildlife value
- pollinators, butterflies
- Landscape uses
- border
- Native states
- AL, AR, FL, GA, HI, LA, MS, NC, SC, TX