Family | Scientific Name | Common Name | Habitat | Distribution | Image |
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Malvaceae | Melochia corchorifolia | Chocolate-weed | Sandy fields, especially in low, wet places. | Native of the Old World tropics. | ![]() |
Malvaceae | Melochia nodiflora | Disturbed uplands. | Native of the Neotropics. | ||
Malvaceae | Melochia pyramidata var. pyramidata | Pyramid-flower, Anglepod Melochia, Smooth Melochia | Disturbed areas. | S. FL; West Indies; LA and TX south through Mexico and Central America to South America. | ![]() |
Malvaceae | Melochia spicata var. spicata | Bretonica-peluda | Calcareous pine flatwoods, disturbed areas. | Probably native in peninsular FL, and widely distributed in tropical America, the original distribution somewhat uncertain. | ![]() |
Malvaceae | Melochia tomentosa var. tomentosa | Teabush, Woolly Pyramidbush, Velvety Melochia, Broomwood | Pine rocklands (FL), open subtropical woodlands and brushlands (TX). | S. FL (where perhaps extirpated); West Indies; s. Texas, Mexico, Central America, and South America. | ![]() |