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Key to Pavonia

Malvaceae

Pavonia

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1 Leaf blades entire to shallowly toothed, 6-18 cm long, the apex acuminate to attenuate-caudate; shrub 1-4 m tall; flowers in a terminal raceme; petals 12-18 mm long, pale yellow or greenish yellow; [s. FL]
1 Leaf blades coarsely toothed, 2-12 cm long, the apex obtuse, acute, to acuminate; shrub 0.5-2 m tall; flowers solitary, axillary; petals 15-25 mm long, bright either yellow, or pink or white (with a maroon blaze at the base).
  2 Carpels each with 3 apical awns (spines) up to 10 mm long; petals yellow; leaf blades rounded to truncate at the base, acuminate at the apex, 1.2-2× as long as wide; hairs of the stem and foliage simple; [FL]
  2 Carpels unawned; petals either uniformly pink, or white to pale pink with a maroon blaze at the base; leaf blades hastate or cordate at the base, acute to obtuse at the apex, either 2-4× or 1-1.5× as long as wide; hairs of the stem and foliage stellate; [FL, GA, TX].
    3 Leaf blades elongate to triangular, hastate at the base, 2-4× as long as wide; petals white or pale pink, with a maroon blaze at the base; [FL, GA, TX]
    3 Leaf blades broadly ovate, cordate at the base, 1-1.5× as long as wide; petals uniformly rose-pink; [TX]