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Discover Nature at JCU Plants NQ Weeds by scientific name Malvastrum americanum
Malvastrum americanum
(Spiked Malvastrum, Spiked Mallow)
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FAMILY |
Malvaceae |
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Species |
Malvastrum americanum |
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Common name(s) |
Spiked Malvastrum, Spiked Mallow |
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Flower colour; life form |
Flowers yellow to orange. Subshrub to 1.3 m tall |
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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. |
