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Field Guide to Noxious and Other Selected Weeds of British Columbia

Velvetleaf (Abutilon theophrasti)

  • Provincial Noxious Weed

  • annual taprooted weed in the Mallow Family growing from 0.3 to over 2.4 metres in height; entire plant covered with short, soft, velvety hairs; large heart-shaped leaves are 7.5 to 20 cm wide; yellow to yellow-orange flowers; distinctive circular cluster of 12 to 15 seedpods

  • first discovered in British Columbia in the Fraser Valley in 1990; seeds can remain viable in soil for over 50 years
Seedling
Showy yellow flowers and distinctive circular seedpods

Photos courtesy of Dean Swan, Washington State University (retired)

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