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Floristic Inventory of the Florida Keys Database Online

Malvaviscus penduliflorus DC.
Mazapan, Turkscap mallow

Malvaviscus penduliflorus
Copyright by: Keith A. Bradley

Family: Malvaceae

Group: Dicot

Substrate: Terrestrial

Habit: Shrub

Perennation: Perennial

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SOUTH FLORIDA Occurrence: Present

SOUTH FLORIDA Native Status: Not Native, Naturalized

SOUTH FLORIDA Cultivated Status: Cultivated

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FLORIDA KEYS Occurrence: Present

FLORIDA KEYS Native Status: Not Native, Naturalized

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Florida Keys History and Distribution: Not reported for the Florida Keys by John Kunkel Small in 1913. Sparingly naturalized.

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Malvaviscus penduliflorus has been reported for the following habitat in THE FLORIDA KEYS :
Disturbed Upland


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Malvaviscus penduliflorus
Copyright by: Keith A. Bradley

Malvaviscus penduliflorus
Copyright by: Keith A. Bradley

Malvaviscus penduliflorus
Copyright by: Keith A. Bradley

Malvaviscus penduliflorus
Copyright by: Shirley Denton