Malvastrum coromandelianum (L.) Garcke

• Region

  North America

• Country

  United States of America

• State/Province

  Texas

• County/Municipio

  Cameron Co.

• Locality

  S side of warehouse at Southmost Preserve, ca. 1.0 airmiles SE of jct. F.M. 1419 (Southmost Road) and F.M. 3068 (Indiana Ave.). Southmost Quadrangle

• Elevation

  Alt. 6 - 8 m. (20 - 26 ft.)

• Coordinates

  25.854, -97.3983

• Distribution

  Map all specimens of this taxon

FLORA OF TEXAS
The Nature Conservancy of Texas
Malvastrum coromandelianum (L.) Gke.
CAMERON CO.: stems branched at bases, ascending erect;
common in weedy herbaceous vegetation along partial
shaded margin of plant nursery or garden on modified soils
originally mapped as deep, well drained, calcareous,
moderately alkaline silt loam Typic Ustifluvents (Rio
Grande series), on +/- flat agricultural landscape on delta of
the Rio Grande, S side of warehouse at Southmost Preserve,
ca. 1.0 airmiles SE of jet. F. M. 1419 (Southmost Road) and
F. M. 3068 (Indiana Ave.), at N25°51’14.5”,
W097°23’54.0”. Southmost Quadrangle. Elev. 20-25 ft.
Associates included Calyptocarpus vialis, Chamaesyce nutans, C.
prostrata, Clematis drummondii, Eriochloa sp., Gaura parviflora,
Lepidium austrinum, Oenothera laciniata, O. speciosa, Ruellia runyonii,
Sida abutifolia, Sporobolus pyramidatus, Verbena halei.
W. R. Carr	#29884	19 July 2011
(with Max Pons)
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