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Key to Malvella

Malvaceae

Malvella

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1 Leaf blades 0.7-1× as long as wide, reniform, the apex rounded; leaves and stems grayish pubescent, the hairs stellate
1 Leaf blades 1.2-6× as long as wide, triangular, the apex acute; leaves and stems silvery pubescent, the hairs lepidote or a mixture of lepidote and stellate.
  2 Leaf blades 1.2-2 (-3)× as long as wide; pubescence of stems and leaves of intergrading lepidote and stellate hairs
  2 Leaf blades 3-6× as long as wide; pubescence of stems and leaves lepidote