Urena procumbens L.

The identity of Urena procumbens has been confused, with most authors including it within U. sinuata Linnaeus, and others, such as Guerke (Fl. Brasil. 12, 3: 457-596. 1892), suggesting that it might not belong to the Malvaceae. Hu (Fl. China, Malvaceae [Fam. 153], 178. 1955) typified this taxon as a close relative of the more widely distributed U. sinuata, distinguished by the relatively narrower leaf blades, not orbicular in outline, with uniform, not heterogeneous, hairs.

Subshrubs to 80 cm tall. Branches procumbent; branchlets stellate puberulent. Stipules subulate, ca. 1.5 mm, caducous; petiole 4-15 mm, hairy; leaf blades on proximal part of stem palmately 3-5-lobed to 1/2 blade, lobes rhomboid or obovate, gourd-shaped, 1-7 × 1-4 cm, both surfaces shortly stellate hirsute or densely woolly tomentose, base rounded to nearly cordate, margin serrate, apex obtuse. Flowers solitary or nearly fascicled, axillary. Pedicel 2-3 mm. Epicalyx ca. 7 mm, connate for ca. 1/3 length, sparsely stellate hairy. Calyx shorter than or nearly as long as epicalyx, lobes ovate, acute, stellate. Petals pink or white, 1-1.5 cm. Staminal column glabrous, as long as petals. Fruit globose, ca. 6 mm in diam., spiny and hirsute with long hairs and hooked spines. Seeds glabrous. Fl. Jun-Sep.

Fujian, Guangdong, Guangxi, Hainan, Hunan, Jiangxi, Taiwan, Zhejiang.

● Scrub; 500 m.

Urena sinuata, popularmente conhecido como carapicu, é um arbusto da família das malváceas. Possui propriedades febrífugas. As flores são rosas, pequenas, solitárias e, geralmente, axilares. O fruto é uma cápsula com espinhos, que adere às roupas e que contém sementes lisas e arredondadas.

Urena procumbens là một loài thực vật có hoa trong họ Cẩm quỳ. Loài này được L. miêu tả khoa học đầu tiên năm 1753.

梵天花（学名：Urena procumbens，又名「狗腳跡」）为锦葵科梵天花属下的一个种。