Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Rosids: Malvids: Malvales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Melochia spicata var. spicata
FAMILY
Malvaceae
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INCLUDED WITHIN
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Melochia spicata
FAMILY
Sterculiaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Melochia spicata
INCLUDED WITHIN Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 6 (2015)
Melochia villosa
INCLUDED WITHIN Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Melochia spicata
INCLUDED WITHIN The genera of Sterculiaceae in the Southeastern US (Brizicky, 1966)
Melochia villosa
INCLUDED WITHIN Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Riedlea hirsuta
COMMON NAME:
Bretonica-peluda
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Keith Bradley kab_melochia_spicata_4629
October Lee County FL
Wild Turkey Strand Preserve
Leaves densely pubescent, ovate-oblong. Flwrs bell-shaped in upper leaf axils, per Everglades Wildflowers (Hammer, 2002, 2015).
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Melochia spicata var. spicata
FAMILY
Malvaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Melochia spicata
FAMILY
Sterculiaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN
Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Melochia spicata
INCLUDED WITHIN
Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 6
Melochia villosa
INCLUDED WITHIN
Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Melochia spicata
INCLUDED WITHIN
The genera of Sterculiaceae in the Southeastern US (Brizicky, 1966)
Melochia villosa
INCLUDED WITHIN
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Riedlea hirsuta
4018
Subshrub; Forb
Annual/Perennial
Habitat: calcareous pine flatwoods, disturbed areas, per Weakley's Flora
Non-native: tropical America, the original distribution uncertain
Waif(s)
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LEAVES:
Simple
Alternate
Leaves have short petioles.
FLOWER:
Winter/Spring/Summer/Fall
Pink, purplish, or violet
Radially symmetrical
5-lobed campanulate corolla
5 stamens
Superior ovary
Inflorescences spikelike
FRUIT:
Winter/Spring/Summer/Fall
Brown
Capsule
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- Everglades Wildflowers (Hammer, 2002, 2015) p081
- Wildflowers of the Eastern United States (Duncan & Duncan, 1999) p050
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