Difference between revisions of "Melochia villosa"
Fl. Jamaica 5: 165. 1926.
Basionym: Sida villosa Miller Gard. Dict. ed. 8, Sida no. 6. 1768
Synonyms: Melochia hirsuta Cavanilles M. hirsuta var. glabrescens (C. Presl) A. Gray M. serrata (C. Presl) Small Riedlea glabrescens (Cavanilles) A. de Candolle R. hirsuta Ventenat R. serrata
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Latest revision as of 22:20, 5 November 2020
Herbs, perennial, rarely shrubs, 0.3–2 m, taprooted. Stems erect or spreading, usually branched. Leaves: petiole acute; petals pink, purple, or violet, 8–11 × 2–3 mm; longistylous form: stamens 4–6 mm, filaments completely connate, pistil 7–8 mm; brevistylous form: stamens 5–8 mm, pistil 4–5 mm. Fruits capsules, brown, subglobose, not winged, not beaked, obscurely obtusely 5-angled, 2–3.5 × 2.5–4 mm, dehiscence loculicidal, tardily septicidal, fruit falling apart. Seeds usually 1 per locule.
Phenology: Flowering year-round.
Habitat: Wet or dry pinelands and savanna
Elevation: 0–2300 m
Distribution
Fla., Ga., La., Mexico, West Indies (Greater Antilles), South America.
Discussion
Selected References
None.
Lower Taxa
None.