OF THE CAROLINAS & GEORGIA

Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Rosids: Malvids: Malvales

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Modiola caroliniana   FAMILY Malvaceae   Go to FSUS key



SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Modiola caroliniana   FAMILY Malvaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)

Modiola caroliniana

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America

Modiola caroliniana

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 122-03-001:

Modiola caroliniana   FAMILY Malvaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)

Modiola caroliniana

 

COMMON NAME:
Carolina Bristlemallow, Bristly-mallow, Carolina Mallow


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image of Modiola caroliniana, Carolina Bristlemallow, Bristly-mallow, Carolina Mallow

Keith Bradley    kab_m_caroliniana_0374

April    Richland County    SC

Riverwalk Park

image of Modiola caroliniana, Carolina Bristlemallow, Bristly-mallow, Carolina Mallow

JK Marlow    jkm0305a_35

May    Greenville County    SC

Roadside

Small flowers with brilliant orange-red petals with a blackish-purple base, per Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians (Horn, Cathcart, Hemmerly, & Duhl, 2005).

image of Modiola caroliniana, Carolina Bristlemallow, Bristly-mallow, Carolina Mallow

JK Marlow    jkm0505d_20

May    Greenville County    SC

Leaves are palmately divided into 6-7 lobes, per Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians (Horn, Cathcart, Hemmerly, & Duhl, 2005).

 

 

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Modiola caroliniana   FAMILY Malvaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Modiola caroliniana   FAMILY Malvaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Modiola caroliniana

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America
Modiola caroliniana

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 122-03-001:
Modiola caroliniana   FAMILY Malvaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Modiola caroliniana

 

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1938

Forb
Perennial

Habitat: Lawns, roadsides, disturbed areas, pondshores, edges of brackish marshes; probably adventive in our area from an original native range in South America, per Weakley's Flora

Non-native (probably): South America (the original distribution unclear)

Common in Coastal Plain of GA & SC (rare in Mountains) (uncommon elsewhere in GA-NC-SC)

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LEAVES:
Simple
Alternate

FLOWER:
Spring/Summer
Orange-red
5 sepals united at base
5 petals united at base
Stamens united to form a staminal column surrounding ovary and styles
Superior ovary

FRUIT:
Spring/Summer
Capsule

 

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