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Pavonia hastata Cav.

Spearleaf swampmallow (en)

Species

Angiosperms > Malvales > Malvaceae > Pavonia

Characteristics

Perennial much-branched shrub up to 2 m high. Stems densely clothed in fine stellate hairs, glabrous toward base. Lvs densely clothed in stellate hairs below, moderately clothed in stellate hairs above; lower lvs suborbicular, cordate; upper lvs ± triangular, slightly hastate, serrate, c. 1-5 cm long; petioles 5-15-(20) mm long; stipules filiform, c. 5 mm long. Fls axillary and solitary; fruiting pedicels 15-30 mm long; epicalyx segments 5, spathulate with expanded apex, free almost to base, < calyx; calyx shallowly campanulate, densely clothed in stellate hairs; calyx teeth ovate-triangular, acute, > tube, connivent at fruiting; petals spreading, reddish, 15-30 mm long. Mericarps sparsely hairy with simple hairs, distinctly reticulately veined, awnless.
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Subshrubs, 0.5 m. Stems stellate-hairy, hairs 0.1 mm. Leaves: stipules subulate, 2 mm; petiole to 1/3 length of blade; blade discolorous, ovate-triangular to hastate-oblong, to 7 cm, base cordate, margins coarsely crenate, apex column with 5 apical teeth, glabrous; stigmas included, glabrous; flowers sometimes cleistogamous, smaller, petals shorter than calyx, stamens 5. Schizocarps pale green, maturing dark brown to ± black, 6 mm diam., puberulent; mericarps without spines, dorsally keeled, 4 mm, reticulate-costate. Seeds minutely puberulent. 2n = 56.
Life form perennial
Growth form shrub
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention deciduous
Sexuality hermaphrodite
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Mature height (meter) 1.25
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Photosynthetic pathway c3

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Hardiness (USDA) 8-12

Usage

Uses environmental use
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Cultivation

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Germination duration (days) 30 - 60
Germination temperacture (C°) 23
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Images

Habit

Pavonia hastata habit picture by Trap Hers (cc-by-sa)
Pavonia hastata habit picture by Trap Hers (cc-by-sa)

Leaf

Pavonia hastata leaf picture by Trap Hers (cc-by-sa)
Pavonia hastata leaf picture by Flor Alex (cc-by-sa)
Pavonia hastata leaf picture by Gomes Alex (cc-by-sa)

Flower

Pavonia hastata flower picture by Trap Hers (cc-by-sa)
Pavonia hastata flower picture by Marchiori Anabella (cc-by-sa)
Pavonia hastata flower picture by Flor Alex (cc-by-sa)

Distribution

Pavonia hastata world distribution map, present in Argentina, Australia, Bolivia (Plurinational State of), Brazil, Mexico, New Zealand, Paraguay, Trinidad and Tobago, Uruguay, and United States of America

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:185891-2
WFO ID wfo-0000474550
COL ID 767XX
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID -
Wikipedia (EN) Link
Wikipedia (FR)

Synonyms

Lassa hastata Malache hastata Sida opaca Sida bonariensis Greevesia cleisocalyx Pavonia hastata f. longifolia Pavonia jonesii Malva lecontii Pavonia lecontei Lass hastata Pavonia hastata var. pubescens Pavonia hastata f. tomentosa Pavonia hastata var. grandiflora Pavonia hastata var. subconcolor Pavonia hastata
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