Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Rosids: Malvids: Malvales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (5/21/15):
Waltheria indica
FAMILY
Malvaceae
Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Waltheria indica
FAMILY
Sterculiaceae
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 (5/21/15):
Waltheria indica
FAMILY
Malvaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Waltheria indica
FAMILY
Sterculiaceae
INCLUDING
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Waltheria americana
2362
Subshrub; Forb
Perennial
Native: a pantropical species native north to peninsula Florida
Documented growing wild in - - -
Waif(s)
Look for it on ballast, per Weakley's Flora
Click here to see a more detailed map from University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Herbarium,
or click here to see a map from SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
LEAVES:
Deciduous
Simple
Alternate
FLOWER:
Winter/Spring/Summer/Fall
Yellowish
Bisexual
Radially symmetrical
5-parted tubular calyx
5 petals
5 stamens
Superior ovary
FRUIT:
Winter/Spring/Summer/Fall
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