Malvastrum coromandelianum (L.) Garcke
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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 - Perennial, strigose-pubescent, branched, 3-10 dm. high. Leaves ovate to oblong-ovate, slender-petioled, 2-8 cm. long, acute, sharply serrate, the hairs of the upper surfaces mostly simple; flowers mostly solitary in the axils, on peduncles shorter than the petioles; involucels of 3 small bractlets; calyx-lobes triangular, acute, longer than its tube; petals pale yellow, somewhat longer than the calyx, obliquely truncate; carpels 8-12, hirsute on top, with an awn near the inflexed apex and 2 beaks on the back.
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Distribution
Waste grounds and cultivated soils, Great Bahama, North Bimini, Eleuthera, Watling's : Bermuda; Florida to Texas; the West Indies; continental trop America; tropical and subtropical Asia. False Mallow.
Grand Bahama Bahamas South America| Bimini Bahamas South America| Eleuthera Bahamas South America| Bermuda South America| Florida United States of America North America| Texas United States of America North America| West Indies|