*Modiola caroliniana (Linnaeus) G. Don. Common name: Bristly-mallow, Pata de Chula. Phenology: Late Mar-Jun (sometimes later). Habitat: Lawns, roadsides, disturbed areas, pondshores, edges of brackish marshes; probably adventive in our area from an original native range in South America. Distribution: The original distribution unclear: sometimes considered as ranging as a native from SC south to FL, west to TX, south into the tropics, and adventive northward, but probably wholly introduced in the southeastern United States from a native distribution in South America.
Origin/Endemic status: South America
Synonymy ⓘ: = Ar, C, F, Fl4, FNA6, G, GW2, K4, NcTx, NE, NS, POWO, RAB, S, S13, Tat, Tx, Va, WH3, WI; = n/a — Pa; Malva caroliniana Linnaeus — (basionym)
Links to other floras: = Modiola caroliniana - FNA6
Wetland Indicator Status:
- Atlantic and Gulf Coastal Plain: FACU
- Eastern Mountains and Piedmont: FACU
- Great Plains: FAC
- Northcentral & Northeast: FACU
Heliophily ⓘ: 8
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Horticultural Information
Intro | Stems | Leaves | Inforescence | Flowers | Fruits | Comments | Height | plant sale text | bloom table text | description | stems | leaves | inflorescence | flowers | fruits | comments | cultural notes | germination code | native range |
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Prostrate annual/biennial of lawns, roadsides, disturbed areas and pond shores. Probably adventive in our area and originally native to South America.
| Stems sprawling, branched, often rooting at nodes, hairy.
| Leaves alternate, long-petiolate, to 2 3/4 in. long, divided into 3-7 toothed lobes, slightly hairy.
| Flowers solitary on stalks arising from leaf axils, reddish-orange to purple-red, 1/3 in. wide, consisting of 5 oval petals around a center of 10-30 yellow stamens and red styles. | Fruit a flat ring of 15-25 joined bristly, podlike, kidney-shaped segments. | to 2 1/2 ft. | Prostrate annual/biennial of lawns, roadsides, disturbed areas and pond shores. Probably adventive in our area and originally native to South America.
| Stems sprawling, branched, often rooting at nodes, hairy.
| Leaves alternate, long-petiolate, to 2 3/4 in. long, divided into 3-7 toothed lobes, slightly hairy.
| Flowers solitary on stalks arising from leaf axils, reddish-orange to purple-red, 1/3 in. wide, consisting of 5 oval petals around a center of 10-30 yellow stamens and red styles. | Fruit a flat ring of 15-25 joined bristly, podlike, kidney-shaped segments. |
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