Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Rosids: Malvids: Malvales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Malvaviscus arboreus
FAMILY
Malvaceae
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SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Malvaviscus arboreus var. arboreus
FAMILY
Malvaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Malvaviscus arboreus var. arboreus
SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America
Malvaviscus arboreus var. arboreus
INCLUDING Manual of the Vascular Plants of Texas (Correll & Johnston, 1970)
Malvaviscus arboreus var. mexicanus
COMMON NAME:
Wax Mallow
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Keith Bradley kab_m_arboreus_76702
May Miami-Dade County FL
Gifford Arboretum
Leaves unlobed to shallowly lobed, usually longer than wide, bases rounded, per Flora of North America.
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Keith Bradley kab_m_arboreus_76708
May Miami-Dade County FL
Gifford Arboretum
Petals auriculate. Stamens, styles and stigmas fully exserted, per Flora of North America.
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Keith Bradley kab_m_arboreus_76717
May Miami-Dade County FL
Gifford Arboretum
Involucellar bractlets linear-spatulate, per Flora of North America.
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Malvaviscus arboreus
FAMILY
Malvaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Malvaviscus arboreus var. arboreus
FAMILY
Malvaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Malvaviscus arboreus var. arboreus
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Flora of North America
Malvaviscus arboreus var. arboreus
INCLUDING
Manual of the Vascular Plants of Texas (Correll & Johnston, 1970)
Malvaviscus arboreus var. mexicanus
913
Shrub
Perennial
Habitat: Disturbed areas, waif or weakly spreading from horticultural use, per Weakley's Flora
Non-native: New World tropics
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LEAVES:
Evergreen
Simple
Alternate
FLOWER:
Summer/Fall
Red
5-lobed campanulate or tubular calyx
5-petaled tubular corolla
Stamens united to form a staminal column surrounding ovary and styles
Superior ovary
FRUIT:
Summer/Fall?
Usually red
Berry-like fleshy schizocarp
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