Herissantia crispa (Linnaeus) Brizicky. Common name: Bladdermallow, Friega Plato. Phenology: Mar-Jan (-Feb). Habitat: Rockland hammocks, coastal hammocks, coastal berms, coastal rock barrens (FL), chaparral, thornscrub (TX), disturbed areas over limestone. Distribution: S. FL; West Indies; s. TX west to s. CA, south through Mexico and Central America to South America.
Origin/Endemic status: Native
Synonymy ⓘ: = Bah, Fl4, FNA6, K4, Mex, NcTx, NS, POWO, Tx, WH3, WI; = Gayoides crispa (L.) Small — S; > Gayoides crispum (L.) Small — S13; > Gayoides imberbe (Grisbach) Small — S13; Sida crispa Linnaeus. Basionym: Sida crispa L. 1753
Links to other floras: = Herissantia crispa - FNA6
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Heliophily ⓘ: 6
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