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{{Treatment/ID
|accepted_name=Corchorus hirsutus
|accepted_authority=Linnaeus
|publications={{Treatment/Publication
|title=Sp. Pl.
|place=1: 530. 1753
|year=1753
}}
|common_names=Jackswitch;woolly corchorus;mallet;cadillo
|special_status={{Treatment/ID/Special_status
|code=I
|label=Introduced
}}
|basionyms=
|synonyms=
|hierarchy=Malvaceae;Malvaceae subfam. Grewioideae;Corchorus;Corchorus hirsutus
|hierarchy_nav=<div class="higher-taxa"><div class="higher-taxon"><small>family</small>[[Malvaceae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>subfamily</small>[[Malvaceae subfam. Grewioideae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>genus</small>[[Corchorus]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>species</small>[[Corchorus hirsutus]]</div></div>
|volume=Volume 6
|mention_page=
|treatment_page=page 198
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--><span class="statement" id="st-undefined" data-properties=""><b>Plants </b>shrubs. <b>Stems</b> erect to semiprostrate, mostly unbranched, 5–10(–15) dm, densely tawny-pubescent, hairs stellate. <b>Leaves</b> persistent; petiole 2–8 mm; blade oblong to oblong-elliptic or elliptic-lanceolate, 1–3.5(–6) cm, base rounded-truncate, margins crenate, proximal teeth not prolonged, apex obtuse to acute, surfaces densely tawny-pubescent, hairs stellate. <b>Inflorescences</b> fasciculate, 2–8-flowered. <b>Pedicels</b> 5–7 mm. <b>Flowers</b>: sepals linear-oblong, 4–6 mm, not awned, stellate-pubescent; petals 5–6 mm; stamens 50–60. <b>Capsules</b> subglobose to short-ellipsoid, not wing-angled, 4-valved, without awns, 7–9(–12) × 7–8 mm, densely tawny-pubescent, hairs stellate. <b>2n</b> = 14.</span><!--

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|phenology=Flowering Jul–Oct.
|habitat=Lake edges, disturbed pine rocklands
|elevation=0–50 m
|distribution=Fla.;West Indies;introduced also in Mexico;Central America;South America;Africa.
|discussion=<p><i>Corchorus hirsutus</i> is known only by collections from Hillsborough and Miami-Dade counties.</p>
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name=Corchorus hirsutus
|author=
|authority=Linnaeus
|rank=species
|parent rank=genus
|synonyms=
|basionyms=
|family=Malvaceae
|phenology=Flowering Jul–Oct.
|habitat=Lake edges, disturbed pine rocklands
|elevation=0–50 m
|distribution=Fla.;West Indies;introduced also in Mexico;Central America;South America;Africa.
|introduced=true
|reference=None
|publication title=Sp. Pl.
|publication year=1753
|special status=Introduced
|source xml=https://jpend@bitbucket.org/aafc-mbb/fna-data-curation.git/src/f6b125a955440c0872999024f038d74684f65921/coarse_grained_fna_xml/V6/V6_352.xml
|subfamily=Malvaceae subfam. Grewioideae
|genus=Corchorus
|species=Corchorus hirsutus
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