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Malvastrum coromandelianum (L.) Garcke "false mallow"<br />
syns. M. tricuspidatum A. Gray; Malva coromandeliana L; Malva tricuspidata<br />
R. Br.<br />
Recent introduction. C. America to S . United States. Common. Tough-stemmed,<br />
woody-rooted, widely-branching annual herb or subshrub up to 1 m high (usually less);<br />
stems, pubescent with 4-rayed hairs; leaves, 2 to 6 cm long and 1 to 2.5 cm wide,<br />
alternate, ovate to ovate-elliptic or ovate-lanceolate, acute or obtuse, serrate, appressed-<br />
pubescent, 3-nerved from <strong>the</strong> base, midrib branched upward; petioles, 1.5 to 4 cm long,<br />
slender; stipules, 0.5 to 1 cm or more long, lanceolate to very narrow; inflorescences,<br />
axillary, solitary or finally appearing in short axillary and terminal clusters; peduncles,<br />
about 5 mm or longer; epicalyx <strong>of</strong> 3 free narrow subulate bracts; calyx, deeply 5-lobed,<br />
<strong>the</strong> sepals ovate, acute, pubescent; corolla, about 1.2 to 2 cm across, broadly cam-<br />
panulate, 5-petaled, opening after mid-day, finally falling with <strong>the</strong> staminal tube; petals<br />
slightly unequally bilobed at apex, yellow to salmon-orange; stamina1 column shorter than<br />
<strong>the</strong> corolla, divided at apex into numerous filaments; fruit, about 6 mm across, a discoid<br />
(wheelshaped) schizocarp breaking up at maturity into 10 one-seeded segments (meri-<br />
carps), each about 3 mm long, with a few stiff hairs and 2 stubby points on <strong>the</strong> convex<br />
side; seeds, 1.5 mm long, obliquely reniform, black with a dull surface. Weed in settled<br />
areas, roadsides and ruderal sites. 3(58694, 58728, 58766), 5, 6(207), 7, 8.<br />
Malvaviscus arboreus Cav. var. penduliflorus (Moc. & Sesse ex DC.) Schery<br />
"sleeping hibiscus", "Turk's cap"<br />
syns. M. penrlul~jlorus Moc. & Sesse ex DC.; M. conzatti Greenm.; M. gran-<br />
digorus Hort. <strong>no</strong>n H.B. K.<br />
Recent introduction. Trop. America. Occasional. A shrub, 1 to 3 m high, with<br />
fibrous bark; leaves, 7 cm to 20 cm long and up to 10 cm wide, alternate, narrowly<br />
ovate to ovate-oblong or ovate-lanceolate, acute to obtusely acuminate, base broad<br />
cuneate to rounded, serrate; petioles, usually 5 to 12 cm long, puberulent; stipules, about<br />
7 mm long, linear; flowers, solitary, axillary, pendulous, hibiscus-like; pedicels, 4 to 6<br />
cm long or longer, slender, pubescent; epicalyx <strong>of</strong> usually 6 to 7 linear oblong bracts,<br />
about 1 to 1.5 cm long, apex obtuse, margins ciliate; calyx, 5-lobed, exceeding bracts <strong>of</strong><br />
epicalyx by up to 1 cm; corolla, about 4 to 7 cm long, 5-petaled, bright red (occasionally<br />
pink), petals, unequally obovate, slightly keeled, flattened at apex, base suricular,<br />
remaining rolled, overlapping and closed; staminal tube slightly exserted, slender, reddish<br />
or pale pink with dull purple an<strong>the</strong>rs; fruit, a 5-seeded schizocarp, globose, fleshy, red.<br />
Planted ornamental. 5(124), 6.