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
Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
Read about the original distribution of Modiola caroliniana from Alan Weakley and the Southern Appalachian Botanical Society.
Read more about Carolina Bristlemallow at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
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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JK Marlow jkm250421_2509
April Greenville County SC
Swamp Rabbit Trail
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Keith Bradley kab_m_caroliniana_0374
April Richland County SC
Riverwalk Park
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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).
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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
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)
CLICK HERE to see a map, notes, and images from Weakley's Flora of the Southeastern US.
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
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- Atlantic Coastal Plain Wildflowers (Nelson, 2006) p215
- Wildflowers of the Atlantic Southeast (Cotterman, Waitt, & Weakley, 2019) p445
- Wildflowers of the Eastern United States (Duncan & Duncan, 1999) p048
- Field Guide to the Wildflowers of Georgia (Chafin, 2016) p257
- Wildflowers of Tennessee (Carman, 2005) p069
- Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians (Horn, Cathcart, Hemmerly, & Duhl, 2005) p091
- Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains (Smith, 1998) p096
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