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. The protein-rich leaves have been cooked as a vegetable and brewed into a tea.
- Family
- Malvaceae
- Type
- shrub
- Lifespan
- annual
- Height
- 1–3 ft
- Spacing
- 1–2 ft apart
- Light
- sun
- Soil moisture
- moist
- Soil pH
- neutral, alkaline
- Bloom
- January, February, March, April, May, June, July, August, September, October, November, December
- Bloom colors
- yellow
- Wildlife value
- pollinators, butterflies
- Landscape uses
- foundation
- Native states
- AL, AR, AZ, CA, FL, GA, LA, MD, MS, OK, PA, SC, TN, TX