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|accepted_name=Waltheria indica
|accepted_authority=Linnaeus
|publications={{Treatment/Publication
|title=Sp. Pl.
|place=2: 673. 1753
|year=1753
}}
|common_names=Sleepy morning;basora prieta;hierba del soldado;malva del monte;malva;malva blanca;uhaloa
|special_status={{Treatment/ID/Special_status
|code=W
|label=Weedy
}}
|basionyms=
|synonyms={{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=Waltheria americana
|authority=Linnaeus
|rank=species
}}
|hierarchy=Malvaceae;Malvaceae subfam. Byttnerioideae;Waltheria;Waltheria indica
|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>[[Waltheria]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>species</small>[[Waltheria indica]]</div></div>
|volume=Volume 6
|mention_page=page 212, 213, 214
|treatment_page=page 215
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--><span class="statement" id="st-undefined" data-properties=""><b>Plants </b>branched or nearly simple, to 7–12 dm, indument variable, tomentose to short-woolly, sparsely to densely pubescent. <b>Stems</b> to 8 mm wide, nodes even or extended to 0.5 mm. <b>Leaves</b>: stipules linear-triangular, 3–6 mm; petiole 2.5–5 cm × 1–4 mm; blade concolor or discolor, drying olive, ovate-oblong to lanceolate, to 7(–10) × 5 cm, base subcordate to obtuse, margins crenate-serrate, serrate, irregularly serrate, or crenate-dentate, apex narrowly rounded, obtuse, or subacute, surfaces tomentose or pubescent, trichome rays 0.4–1 mm, and sparsely hispidulous, slightly scabrous or not. <b>Inflorescences</b> subsessile, or on short pedunclelike lateral branches to 3.6 cm, glomerules 5–20 along stems, compact, often dense, sympodial, at times lax clusters with terminal flower and subtending dichasia; bracteoles free or with 1 adherent to stipule forming an elliptic 2-cuspidate foliole at glomerule base, bracts subequal, lanceolate or linear, 0.3–1.5 mm wide, apex acute, entire. <b>Flowers</b> sessile or subsessile; calyx 4.2–setose apically; styles 0.9–1.7 × 0.1–0.3 mm, lateral or excentric, broader and stellate-hirsute distal to base; stigmas 12-branched, plumose (1.2–1.4 × 0.5–0.8 mm, column 0.9–1.2 mm, branches to 0.7 mm) or dissolute-penicillate (0.6–1.2 × 0.7–1.6 mm, column 0.4–0.7 mm, branches to 1.1 mm). <b>Capsules</b> oblique, obconic, or obovoid, 2.1–3 × 1.5–2 mm, walls with endocarp corneous for 1+ mm from apex, sometimes merely membranous along one or both valve margins laterally; partially apically dehiscent to 2-valvate. <b>Seeds</b> dark brown, obovoid or obconic, 2–2.2 × 1.2–1.5 × 1–1.3 mm, smooth. <b>2n</b> = 24, 26 (India), 40 (Africa).</span><!--

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|phenology=Flowering and fruiting year-round.
|habitat=Ruderal communities, disturbed scrublands, scrub hummocks, pine-oak sandhills, dunes, open savannas, dry coastal hummocks, sandy or shell soil
|elevation=0–1000 m
|distribution=Ala.;Ariz.;Fla.;Tex.;Mexico;West Indies;Bermuda;Central America;South America;Asia;Africa;Atlantic Islands;Indian Ocean Islands;Pacific Islands;Australia.
|discussion=<p>Robert Brown (in J. H. Tuckey 1818) was the first to unequivocally synonymize the names <i>Waltheria</i> americana and <i>W. indica</i> published by Linnaeus in the same work. Brown adopted the name <i>W. indica</i> for the combined species and thus gave priority to that name.</p><!--
--><p><i>Waltheria indica</i> in the narrow sense is globally in need of revision, being very complex and problematic. Heterostyly has been reported for some populations of <i>W. indica</i> in India (B. Bahadur et al. 1996). Flora area populations have the pistil subequal (0.2–0.5 mm longer) and more or less homostylous, or up to 1 mm longer than stamens, more like monomorphic pin floral morphology. Multiple introductions are apparent from the variability seen within the flora area. Apparent hybrids of <i>W. indica</i> with other species are found in Arizona, Florida, and Texas.</p>
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name=Waltheria indica
|authority=Linnaeus
|rank=species
|parent rank=genus
|synonyms=Waltheria americana
|basionyms=
|family=Malvaceae
|phenology=Flowering and fruiting year-round.
|habitat=Ruderal communities, disturbed scrublands, scrub hummocks, pine-oak sandhills, dunes, open savannas, dry coastal hummocks, sandy or shell soil
|elevation=0–1000 m
|distribution=Ala.;Ariz.;Fla.;Tex.;Mexico;West Indies;Bermuda;Central America;South America;Asia;Africa;Atlantic Islands;Indian Ocean Islands;Pacific Islands;Australia.
|reference=None
|publication title=Sp. Pl.
|publication year=1753
|special status=Weedy
|source xml=https://jpend@bitbucket.org/aafc-mbb/fna-data-curation.git/src/f50eec43f223ca0e34566be0b046453a0960e173/coarse_grained_fna_xml/V6/V6_383.xml
|subfamily=Malvaceae subfam. Byttnerioideae
|genus=Waltheria
|species=Waltheria indica
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