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Photographer: Merel R. Black
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Family Malvaceae
Napaea dioica L.
glade mallow
Napaea: from nape for "glade" or "nymph of the glade"
dioica: Greek for "two houses"
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| Status: | Special Concern |
| Plant: | robust, erect, perennial, 3'-6' tall forb branching near the top |
| Flower: | white, 5-parted, 1/3"-3/4" wide, no bracts below; inflorescence a many-flowered, large, terminal, branched cluster (panicle); blooms June-Aug. |
| Leaf: | 4"-12", round in outline with 5-9 deep lobes that are coarsely toothed |
| Habitat: | wet to moist; woods, streambanks |
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