Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Rosids: Malvids: Malvales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Waltheria indica
FAMILY
Malvaceae
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SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Waltheria indica
FAMILY
Sterculiaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Waltheria indica
SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 6 (2015)
Waltheria indica
INCLUDED WITHIN Guide to the Vascular Plants of Florida (Wunderlin & Hansen, 2011)
Waltheria indica
INCLUDING Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Waltheria americana
COMMON NAME:
Sleepy Morning
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Patrick D. McMillan pdmwindica_bh1
June Monroe County FL
Bahia Honda State Park
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Patrick D. McMillan pdmwindica_syndicatscrbb
Month Unknown
Inflorescence capitate [headlike], axillary. Petals yellowish, apex truncate, per Flora of China.
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Patrick D. McMillan pdmwindica_syndicatscrub
Month Unknown
Leaves ovate or long elliptic-ovate, densely puberulent, margin serrulate, per Flora of China.
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Waltheria indica
FAMILY
Malvaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Waltheria indica
FAMILY
Sterculiaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Waltheria indica
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 6
Waltheria indica
INCLUDED WITHIN
Guide to the Vascular Plants of Florida (Wunderlin & Hansen, 2011)
Waltheria indica
INCLUDING
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Waltheria americana
2362
Subshrub; Forb
Perennial
Habitat: Pine rocklands, marl prairies, coastal grasslands, coastal rock barrens, rocky or sandy open areas (TX), disturbed uplands, per Weakley's Flora
Native: a pantropical species native north to peninsula Florida
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LEAVES:
Deciduous
Simple
Alternate
FLOWER:
Winter/Spring/Summer/Fall
Yellowish
Radially symmetrical
5-parted tubular calyx
5 petals
5 stamens
Superior ovary
Bisexual
FRUIT:
Winter/Spring/Summer/Fall
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