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Key to Malvaviscus

Malvaceae

Malvaviscus

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1 Flowers pendulous; corolla to 7 cm long; leaves glabrous or nearly so on the lower surface
1 Flowers ascending or erect; corolla 1.5-4 (-5) cm long; leaves sparsely to densely pubescent on the lower surface
  2 Leaf blades usually unlobed, the apex acute, the base rounded (to subcordate); stems stellate-hairy to glabrate
  2 Leaf blades usuually strongly 3-lobed, the apex obtuse *to acute), the base strongly cordate; stems densely and minutely tomentose with stellate and simple hairs, at least upwards on the plant