Anisodontea fruticosa (Bergius) D.M.Bates

Species

Angiosperms > Malvales > Malvaceae > Anisodontea

Characteristics

Glabrous or glabrescent, somewhat twiggy shrub to 2 m. Leaves often in fascicles, narrowly cuneate or sometimes 3-lobed, toothed. Flowers 1 or 2 in axils, sometimes nodding, white to pink, petals narrow and spreading to reflexed, epicalyx of 3 narrowly lanceolate lobes.
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Growth support free-standing
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Distribution

Anisodontea fruticosa world distribution map, present in South Africa

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:558943-1
WFO ID wfo-0000537238
COL ID 5V48S
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Synonyms

Malva oxyacanthoides Malvastrum tridactylites Malva praemorsa Malva toxicodendrum Anisodontea fruticosa Malvastrum tridactyles Malva tridactylites Malva fruticosa Malvastrum tridactyles var. glabrum Malvastrum tridactyles var. puberulum Malvastrum tridactyles var. stellatum Malveopsis tridactylites