Horsfordia A.Gray

Velvetmallow (en)

Genus

Angiosperms > Malvales > Malvaceae

Characteristics

[Herbs] shrubs, hairy. Stems erect, stellate-tomentose or stellate-scabrous. Leaves petiolate to sessile distally; stipules deciduous, linear to subulate; blade ovate to triangular or lanceolate to included, anthers at apex; ovules 1 per cell, 1–3 per carpel; styles 6–11-branched; stigmas capitate. Fruits schizocarps, sometimes on reflexed, jointed pedicel, spheric to subspheric, indurate; mericarps
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Images

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Distribution

Horsfordia world distribution map, present in United States of America

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:297383-2
WFO ID wfo-4000018305
COL ID 4YVR
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Wikipedia (EN) Link
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Synonyms

Horsfordia

Lower taxons

Horsfordia alata Horsfordia newberryi Horsfordia exalata Horsfordia rotundifolia