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Mallows, Rock-roses, and Allies of Zihuatanejo

ORDER MALVALES

Three-lobe False Mallow

Malvastrum coromandelianum

-Plants (Kingdom Plantae)

-Vascular Plants (Phylum Tracheophyta)

-Flowering Plants (Subphylum Angiospermae)

-Dicots (Class Magnoliopsida)

-Mallows, Rock-roses, and Allies (Order Malvales)

-Mallow and Hibiscus Family (Family Malvaceae)

-Subfamily Malvoideae

-Tribe Malveae

-Genus Malvastrum

-Three-lobe False Mallow (Malvastrum coromandelianum)


It is a perennial upright, shrublet weed that grows up to 1 m height. It is a common weed for roadsides, orchards, dump site. It is a drought resistant plant. Native from Texas to Argentina. Light yellow flowers occur singly in leaf axils.

Flowers by Colour
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