Sida chinensis Retz.

Some material named as Sida chinensis looks much like a hairy form of S. acuta with very acute but awnless sculptured mericarps.

Shrubs erect, many branched, to 0.7 m tall, most parts densely stellate tomentose. Stipules subulate; petiole 2-4 cm, stellate tomentose; leaf blade obovate, oblong, or suborbicular, 5-20 × 3-10 mm, abaxially stellate tomentose, adaxially sparsely stellate hairy or subglabrous. Flower solitary, axillary. Pedicel ca. 1 cm, stellate tomentose, articulate at middle. Calyx campanulate, ca. 6 mm in diam., abaxially densely stellate tomentose, lobes triangular, ca. 2.5 mm. Corolla yellow, ca. 1.2 cm in diam.; petals obovate, ca. 6 mm. Filament tube ca. 4 mm, hirsute, filaments slender; anthers yellow. Schizocarp globose, ca. 4 mm in diam., upper surface broadly conical with prominent radial grooves; mericarps 7 or 8, enclosed by persistent calyx, smooth, pilose apically, apex not awned. Fl. winter-spring.

● Sunny slopes, streamsides. Hainan, Taiwan, Yunnan.

Sida chinensis là một loài thực vật có hoa trong họ Cẩm quỳ. Loài này được Retz. miêu tả khoa học đầu tiên năm 1786.

中华黄花稔（学名：Sida chinensis）为锦葵科黄花稔属下的一个种。