Horsfordia alata (S.Watson) A.Gray

Pink velvetmallow (en)

Species

Angiosperms > Malvales > Malvaceae > Horsfordia

Characteristics

Shrubs, 1–2.5(–4) m, hairs dense, stellate, grayish yellow, rough. Leaves often folded, to 68 mm, petiolate to 8 cm to sessile distally; stipules 2–5 mm; blade ovate to triangular, 1–11.5 cm, base cordate, margins crenate or dentate to denticulate, apex acuminate. Inflorescences solitary flowers, rarely in groups of 3–5. Flowers: calyx campanulate, 3–10 mm; petals rose, pink, or pale lavender, 12–21 mm. Schizocarps 8–12 mm diam.; mericarps 9 or 10, 6–10 mm, sparsely stellate-hairy, lower cell reticulate, upper cell with 2 abortive ovules (rarely developing), wings lanceolate. Seeds 1 per mericarp, brown to blackish, 1.9 mm, minutely scabridulous. 2n = 30.
Life form perennial
Growth form shrub
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Foliage retention deciduous
Sexuality hermaphrodite
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Mature height (meter) 1.0 - 2.5
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Hardiness (USDA) 7-12

Usage

Uses medicinal
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Therapeutic use Eye (unspecified), Stomatitis (unspecified)
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Cultivation

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Distribution

Horsfordia alata world distribution map, present in Mexico and United States of America

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:124120-2
WFO ID wfo-0001077073
COL ID 6MDGR
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Wikipedia (EN) Link
Wikipedia (FR)

Synonyms

Horsfordia alata Sida alata Horsfordia palmeri