Family: Malvaceae

High Risk Traits:

• Broad climate suitability
  
• Grows in temperate and tropical climates
  
• Naturalized on the Hawaiian Islands of Kauai, Oahu, Lanai, Maui, Molokai and Hawaii. Widely naturalized elsewhere
  
• A weed of crops, pastures, roadsides, disturbed sites and waste areas
  
• Other Sida species are invasive weeds
  
• May be unpalatable to animals (although some limited browsing may occur)
  
• Shade tolerant
  
• Reproduces by seeds
  
• Self-compatible
  
• An annual, reaching maturity in one growing season
  
• Seeds dispersed externally by adhering to animals and people. Seeds also dispersed as a produce contaminant
  
• May produce prolific numbers of seeds in certain situations
  
• Forms a persistent seed bank (3+ years for a small percentage of seeds)

Low Risk Traits:

• In the Hawaiian Islands, primarily a weed of disturbed areas and waste lands, and generally not considered a significant environmental weed
  
• Not reported to spread vegetatively
  
• Herbicides may provide effective control