Triumfetta semitriloba Jacq.
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Authority
Britton, Nathaniel L. & Millspaugh, Charles F. 1920. The Bahama Flora.
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Family
Malvaceae
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Scientific Name
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Description
Species Description - Annual, stellate-tomentulose. Stems 1-1.5 m. tall, branched; leaves ovate, rhombic or suborbicular in outline, 3-6 cm. long, serrate, angulate or often 3-lobed, rounded or truncate at the base; petioles as long as the blades or shorter; panicles narrow, elongated; sepals lanceolate, 5-6 mm. long, appendaged below the apex; petals cuneate-spatulate, slightly pubescent at the base; stamens often 15; fruit 1-5 mm. in diameter, 2-celled, copiously prickly, the prickles about as long as the diameter of the body, hooked at the apex.
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Distribution
A weed in waste and cultivated land, Abaco. Andros, New Providence, Eleuthera and Watling's Island : Bermuda ; Florida ; West Indies ; continental tropical America. A species represented by many races, differing in leaf-form and in minor intermixed characters. Burr Bosh.
Great Abaco Bahamas South America| South Andros Bahamas South America| New Providence Bahamas South America| Eleuthera Bahamas South America| Bermuda South America| Florida United States of America North America| West Indies|