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|accepted_name=Malachra capitata
|accepted_authority=(Linnaeus) Linnaeus
|publications={{Treatment/Publication
|title=Syst. Nat. ed.
|place=12, 2: 458. 1767
|year=1767
}}
|special_status={{Treatment/ID/Special_status
|code=F
|label=Illustrated
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|basionyms={{Treatment/ID/Basionym
|name=Sida capitata
|authority=Linnaeus
|rank=species
|publication_title=Sp. Pl.
|publication_place=2: 685. 1753
}}
|synonyms=
|hierarchy=Malvaceae;Malvaceae subfam. Malvoideae;Malachra;Malachra capitata
|hierarchy_nav=<div class="higher-taxa"><div class="higher-taxon"><small>family</small>[[Malvaceae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>subfamily</small>[[Malvaceae subfam. Malvoideae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>genus</small>[[Malachra]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>species</small>[[Malachra capitata]]</div></div>
|volume=Volume 6
|mention_page=
|treatment_page=page 279
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--><span class="statement" id="st-undefined" data-properties=""><b>Plants </b>0.4–1.5 m. <b>Stems</b> densely stellate-hairy, sometimes with longer, simple hairs 1.5 mm. <b>Leaves</b>: stipules 9–15 mm; petiole to 1/2 as long as blade; blade ovate, lyrate, or 3–5-lobed, 4–10 cm, lobes basally narrowed, apex acute or obtuse, surfaces stellate-hairy. <b>Racemes</b> pedunculate; peduncle usually exceeding corresponding petiole; boat-shaped floral bracts subsessile, with prominent, white markings at base, deeply cordate, margins entire, often hispid. <b>Flowers</b>: calyx 6–8 mm; petals 7–10 mm. <b>Mericarps</b> brownish, 3 mm, smooth with reticulate veins, glabrous. <b>2n</b> = 56.</span><!--

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|phenology=Flowering year-round.
|habitat=Disturbed vegetation, thickets, roadsides, cultivated fields
|elevation=0–300 m
|distribution=Fla.;La.;Tex.;Mexico;West Indies;Central America;South America;introduced in Asia (Malesia).
|discussion=<p><i>Malachra capitata</i> is introduced in Malesia according to J. van Borssum Waalkes (1966), who synonymized <i>M. capitata</i> and M. alceifolia Jacquin. The Louisiana records are thought to represent adventive or introduced populations. Those in southern Florida and Texas are accepted as native populations.</p>
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name=Malachra capitata
|authority=(Linnaeus) Linnaeus
|rank=species
|parent rank=genus
|synonyms=
|basionyms=Sida capitata
|family=Malvaceae
|phenology=Flowering year-round.
|habitat=Disturbed vegetation, thickets, roadsides, cultivated fields
|elevation=0–300 m
|distribution=Fla.;La.;Tex.;Mexico;West Indies;Central America;South America;introduced in Asia (Malesia).
|reference=None
|publication title=Syst. Nat. ed.
|publication year=1767
|special status=Illustrated
|source xml=https://bibilujan@bitbucket.org/aafc-mbb/fna-data-curation.git/src/bb6b7e3a7de7d3b7888a1ad48c7fd8f5c722d8d6/coarse_grained_fna_xml/V6/V6_509.xml
|subfamily=Malvaceae subfam. Malvoideae
|genus=Malachra
|species=Malachra capitata
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