Hebrew: אבוטילון השיח, Arabic: أبو طيلون الشجيري
| Scientific name: | Abutilon fruticosum Guill. & Perr. | |
| Synonym name: | Abutilon denticulatum (Fresen.) Webb | |
| Common name: | Mallow Desert, Indian mallow, Texas Indian mallow | |
| Hebrew name: | אבוטילון השיח | |
| Arabic name: | أبو طيلون الشجيري ,'abu tilun alshajiri | |
| Family: | Malvaceae, Mallow Family, משפחה חלמיתיים |
Richard, A., Tentamen florae Abyssinicae, Atlas, t. 15 (1851) |
| Life form: | Perennial herb or shrub | |
| Stems: | Up to 1 m tall | |
| Leaves: | All parts greyish tomentose with very short stellate hairs, rarely also with long simple hairs; alternate , entire, crenate or serrate margin, stipule | |
| Inflorescence: | Solitary in leaf axils or on short axillary branches | |
| Flowers: | Hermaphrodite; epicalyx absent; petals 7–17 mm long, yellow; stigmas terminal,capitate | |
| Fruits / pods: | Schizzocarp; mericarps arranged in a single whorl; seeds c. 2 mm long, papillose. | |
| Flowering Period: | Januar, Februar, March, April, May | |
| Habitat: | Desert, Thermophilous plants | |
| Distribution: | Semi-steppe shrublands, Shrub-steppes, Deserts | |
| Chorotype: | Sudanian | |
| Summer shedding: | Perennating |
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Derivation of the botanical name: Abutilon from the Arabic name for a plant ’abū-ṭīlūn (أبو طيلون). fruticosum, frutex, shrub, bush; fruticosum, shrubby, bushy. denticulatum, with very small teeth, slightly toothed. The Hebrew name אבוטילון, abutilon transliteration from the scientific name, from Arabic.
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