Malvastrum americanum

(Spiked Malvastrum, Spiked Mallow)

FAMILY	Malvaceae
Species	Malvastrum americanum
Common name(s)	Spiked Malvastrum, Spiked Mallow
Flower colour; life form	Flowers yellow to orange. Subshrub to 1.3 m tall
Distinguishing features	Plant generally covered with stellate hairs. Leaves alternate ovate to broadly ovate, to 7 x 6 cm. Inflorescence a dense terminal spike 1 - 4.5 cm long. Petals 5, yellow to orange. Fruit depressed-globular with about 9 mericarps.