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More than 2100 species of the wild flora and fauna photographed in Zihuatanejo, Mexico and the surrounding area.
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Mallows, Rock-roses, and Allies of Zihuatanejo
ORDER MALVALES
Curly Herissantia
Herissantia crispa
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Mallows, Rock-roses, and Allies (Order Malvales)
Flowers by Colour
The flower has five pale yellow oval petals each up to a centimeter long. The fruit is a lantern-like inflated sphere ribbed into segments. It is up to 2 centimeters wide, coated in long hairs, and dehiscent, each segment containing 2 or 3 black kidney-shaped seeds.

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