Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Rosids: Malvids: Malvales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Sida spinosa
FAMILY
Malvaceae
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Read more about Prickly Fanpetals at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Sida spinosa
FAMILY
Malvaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Sida spinosa
SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 6 (2015)
Sida spinosa
SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Sida spinosa
SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 122-05-001:
Sida spinosa FAMILY Malvaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Sida spinosa
COMMON NAME:
Prickly Fanpetals, Prickly Sida, Prickly Mallow, False-mallow
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JK Marlow jkm100903_575
September Greenville County SC
Swamp Rabbit Trail
Peduncles about as long as the short leafstalks, per Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains (Smith, 1998).
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JK Marlow jkm081102_153
November Edgefield County SC
Sumter National Forest: Edgefield Ranger District
The specific epithet refers to the short spine at the base of each petiole, per Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains (Smith, 1998).
JK Marlow jkm081102_155
November Edgefield County SC
Sumter National Forest: Edgefield Ranger District
Lanceolate leaves, per Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains (Smith, 1998).
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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Sida spinosa
FAMILY
Malvaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Sida spinosa
FAMILY
Malvaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Sida spinosa
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 6
Sida spinosa
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Sida spinosa
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 122-05-001:
Sida spinosa
FAMILY
Malvaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Sida spinosa
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