Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Rosids: Malvids: Malvales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Waltheria indica
FAMILY
Malvaceae
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SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Waltheria indica
FAMILY
Sterculiaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Waltheria indica
SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America
Waltheria indica
INCLUDED WITHIN Guide to the Vascular Plants of Florida (Wunderlin & Hansen, 2011)
Waltheria indica
INCLUDING Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Waltheria americana
COMMON NAME:
Sleepy Morning
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Patrick D. McMillan pdmwindica_bh1
June Monroe County FL
Bahia Honda State Park
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Patrick D. McMillan pdmwindica_syndicatscrbb
Month Unknown
Inflorescence capitate [headlike], axillary. Petals yellowish, apex truncate, per Flora of China.
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Patrick D. McMillan pdmwindica_syndicatscrub
Month Unknown
Leaves ovate or long elliptic-ovate, densely puberulent, margin serrulate, per Flora of China.
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Waltheria indica
FAMILY
Malvaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Waltheria indica
FAMILY
Sterculiaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Waltheria indica
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Flora of North America
Waltheria indica
INCLUDED WITHIN
Guide to the Vascular Plants of Florida (Wunderlin & Hansen, 2011)
Waltheria indica
INCLUDING
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Waltheria americana
2362
Subshrub; Forb
Perennial
Habitat: Pine rocklands, marl prairies, coastal grasslands, coastal rock barrens, rocky or sandy open areas (TX), disturbed uplands, per Weakley's Flora
Native: a pantropical species native north to peninsula Florida
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LEAVES:
Deciduous
Simple
Alternate
FLOWER:
Winter/Spring/Summer/Fall
Yellowish
Bisexual
Radially symmetrical
5-parted tubular calyx
5 petals
5 stamens
Superior ovary
FRUIT:
Winter/Spring/Summer/Fall
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