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| Leaves simple, alternate, with stipules. Flowers with 5 sepals united at the base, 5 petals and 5 stamens. The stamens are fused in a column that connects to the base of the petal. The pistils are connected into a ring. Flowers in axils or terminal spikes. Leaves are palmately lobed and veined. | |
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| Flower Formula: Sepals 3-5; Petals 5 | Glossary |
| Genus (Click for Taxon List) |
WI Taxa (map link) |
Photo | Genus Traits | Google Searches |
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| Abutilon
flowering-maple, Indian mallow, parlor-maple |
1 |  |
Yellow flowers less than 1" across. Leaves heart-shaped, fuzzy. Branching weed commonly in corn fields. | Images Information |
| Alcea
hollyhock |
2 |  |
Pink, red, yellow flowers to 4"across. Leaves toothed or lobed. Usually unbranched. | Images Information |
| Althaea
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1 |  |
Pale pink flowers less than 1.25" across. Leaves usually coarsely toothed, usually with 3 shallow lobes. Usually branched. Bractlets 6-9, united at base. | Images Information |
| Callirhoe
poppy mallow |
3 |  |
Red purple flowers 1 1/2"-2 1/2" across. Petal straight across the tip. | Images Information |
| Hibiscus
giant mallow, rose mallow |
3 |  |
White, peach, pink flowers over 1.5" across. Leaves toothed or deeply lobed. Bractlets numerous at base of sepals. | Images Information |
| Malva
mallow, musk mallow |
7 |  |
Pink, white flowers with petal heart-shaped with notch at tip. Bractlets 0-3 at base of sepals.. | Images Information |
| Napaea
glade mallow |
1 |  |
White flowers less than 1/3". Leaves large, deeply lobed. | Images Information |