Stems hairy, hairs glandular and setaceous. Leaf blades ± orbiculate to pentagonal, palmately compound, 15–50 × 5–50 mm, (3–)5(–7)-foliolate; leaflets lanceolate, linear-lanceolate, or ovate-oblong, margins usually dentate, rarely entire, surfaces hairy, hairs glandular and setaceous. Inflorescences 3–9-flowered cymes or flowers solitary. Flowers: sepals rhombic, ovate, or ovate-lanceolate, 10–18 mm, apex acuminate, abaxial surface hairy, hairs glandular and setaceous; corolla usually cream or white, rarely rose, 20–25 mm.

Phenology: Flowering May–Dec.
Habitat: Abandoned plantings, fields, lots.
Elevation: 0–10 m.

Distribution

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Fla., Mexico, Central America, South America, introduced in Old World subtropics and tropics.

Discussion

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Lower Taxa

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