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2176

Shrub
Perennial

Native: Texas & northern Mexico

Documented growing wild in GA NC SC

Rare

Look for it in disturbed areas, per Weakley's Flora

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full sun partial shade

LEAVES:
Almost evergreen in the coastal South
Simple
Alternate

FLOWER:
Summer/Fall
Red
5 sepals united at base or more than half their length
5-petaled tubular corolla
Stamens united to form a staminal column surrounding ovary and styles
Superior ovary

FRUIT:
White->Red
Berry-like

 

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Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Rosids: Malvids: Malvales

WEAKLEY'S FLORA (5/21/15):
 Malvaviscus drummondii   FAMILY Malvaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
 Malvaviscus arboreus var. drummondii   FAMILY Malvaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933)
 Malvaviscus drummondii

SYNONYMOUS WITH Hibiscus drummondii

 

COMMON NAME:
 Wax Mallow, Turk's-cap Mallow

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image of Malvaviscus drummondii, Wax Mallow, Turk's-cap Mallow

Ron Lance    rwl2176_a

August        

Hibiscus-like flowers never fully open, petals overlap & form a loose tube, per www.wildflower.org.