View source for Melochia tomentosa var. tomentosa

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|accepted_name=Melochia tomentosa var. tomentosa
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|hierarchy=Malvaceae;Malvaceae subfam. Byttnerioideae;Melochia;Melochia tomentosa;Melochia tomentosa var. tomentosa
|hierarchy_nav=<div class="higher-taxa"><div class="higher-taxon"><small>family</small>[[Malvaceae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>subfamily</small>[[Malvaceae subfam. Byttnerioideae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>genus</small>[[Melochia]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>species</small>[[Melochia tomentosa]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>variety</small>[[Melochia tomentosa var. tomentosa]]</div></div>
|volume=Volume 6
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|treatment_page=page 211
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--><span class="statement" id="st-undefined" data-properties=""><b>Herbs,</b> perennial, subshrubs, or shrubs, to 2.5 m, sometimes taprooted. <b>Leaves</b>: petiole 0.3–2.5 cm; blade ovate to lanceolate, 1.5–6 × 0.8–4 cm, surfaces tomentulose and canescent, hairs stellate. <b>Inflorescences</b> usually axillary, sometimes terminal or leaf-opposed, cymose and umbellate, umbels 3–5-flowered; peduncle 6–8 mm; bracteoles 3, at base of pedicel. <b>Pedicels</b> 1–5 mm. <b>Flowers</b> dimorphic; calyx 5–7 × 4–6 mm, teeth deltate to ovate, acute or acuminate; petals purple, pink, or violet, (6–)8–11 × 2–3 mm; longistylous form: stamens 4–6.5 mm, pistil 7.5–10.5 mm; brevistylous form: stamens 9–9.5 mm, pistil 6 mm. <b>Fruits</b> capsules, not purple-blotched, 5-winged, long-beaked, pyramidal, 6–9 × 7–9 mm, dehiscence loculicidal. <b>Seeds</b> 1 or 2 per locule. <b>2n</b> = 18.</span><!--

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|phenology=Flowering spring–fall.
|habitat=Dry, open woodlands, brushlands, pinelands
|elevation=0–1300 m
|distribution=Fla.;Tex.;Mexico;Central America (Belize;El Salvador;Guatemala;Honduras;Nicaragua);West Indies;South America (Brazil;Colombia;Suriname;Venezuela).
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name=Melochia tomentosa var. tomentosa
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|family=Malvaceae
|phenology=Flowering spring–fall.
|habitat=Dry, open woodlands, brushlands, pinelands
|elevation=0–1300 m
|distribution=Fla.;Tex.;Mexico;Central America (Belize;El Salvador;Guatemala;Honduras;Nicaragua);West Indies;South America (Brazil;Colombia;Suriname;Venezuela).
|reference=None
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|subfamily=Malvaceae subfam. Byttnerioideae
|genus=Melochia
|species=Melochia tomentosa
|variety=Melochia tomentosa var. tomentosa
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