Pavonia paludicola (Pavonia paludicola)
Description
Shrubs, 1-4 m, sometimes supported on other vegetation. Stems minutely stellate-hairy. Leaves: stipules early-deciduous, obscure; petiole to 1/2 length of blade; blade concolorous, broadly ovate, 6-18 cm, base subcordate, margins obscurely dentate to subentire, apex acuminate, sparsely stellate-hairy. Inflorescences terminal racemes. Pedicels 1-4 cm; involucellar bractlets ca. 8, lanceolate, 8.8-10 - 2.5-4 mm, subglabrous. Flowers: calyx 8-11 mm, minutely stellate-hairy, lobes not prominently veined; corolla tubular, petals pale yellow or yellow-green, not auriculate, 12-18 mm; staminal column with 5 apical teeth; stigmas included. Schizocarps pale green, maturing brown, 10-13 mm diam., woody, glabrous; mericarps narrowed basally, 7-9 mm, smooth, usually 3-pointed apically. Seeds not tufted on hilum.Flowering year-round. Stream banks, brackish estuaries; 0 m; Fla.; West Indies; Central America; n South America.Pavonia paludicola has a circum-Caribbean distribution, extending northward to the Bahamas and southern Florida. The species is endangered in Florida, and is known in Collier, Miami-Dade, and Monroe counties. It is often found with mangroves. The mericarps are distributed by water.
Taxonomic tree
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Domain: Eukarya
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Kingdom: Plantae
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Phylum: Magnoliophyta
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Class: Magnoliopsida
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Order: Malvales
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Family: Malvaceae
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Genus: Pavonia
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