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Malvella leprosa (Ortega) Krapov.
alkali mallow

       
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Line Drawing of Malvella leprosa (Ortega) Krapov.
Sida hederacea

Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913. An illustrated flora of the northern United States, Canada and the British Possessions. Vol. 2: 521. Courtesy of Kentucky Native Plant Society. Scanned by Omnitek Inc. Usage Requirements.
 
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Malvella leprosa (Ortega) Krapov.

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Synonyms:
Malvella leprosa (Ortega) Krapov.

  SIHE8 Sida hederacea (Douglas ex Hook.) Torr. ex A. Gray
  SILE4 Sida leprosa (Ortega) K. Schum.
  SILEH Sida leprosa (Ortega) K. Schum. var. hederacea (Douglas ex Hook.) K. Schum.
 

Distribution:
Malvella leprosa (Ortega) Krapov.

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See U.S. county distributions (when available) by clicking on the map or the linked states below:

USA (AZ, CA, CO, ID, KS, NM, NV, OK, OR, TX, UT, WA)
 

Related Taxa:
Malvella leprosa (Ortega) Krapov.

View 49 genera in Malvaceae, 3 species in Malvella
 

Classification:
Malvella leprosa (Ortega) Krapov.

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Kingdom Plantae – Plants
Subkingdom Tracheobionta – Vascular plants
Superdivision Spermatophyta – Seed plants
Division Magnoliophyta – Flowering plants
Class Magnoliopsida – Dicotyledons
Subclass Dilleniidae
Order Malvales
Family Malvaceae – Mallow family
Genus Malvella Jaubert & Spach – mallow
Species Malvella leprosa (Ortega) Krapov. – alkali mallow
 

Noxious Weed Information:
Malvella leprosa (Ortega) Krapov.

This plant is listed by the U.S. federal government or a state. Common names are from state and federal lists. Click on a place name to get a complete noxious weed list for that location, or click here for a composite list of all Federal and State Noxious Weeds.

California:
alkali mallow              C list (noxious weeds)
 

U.S. Weed Information:
Malvella leprosa (Ortega) Krapov.

alkali mallow
Sida hederacea
alkali mallow
alkali sida
dollar weed

This plant and the related entities and synonyms italicized and indented above can be weedy or invasive according to the authoritative sources noted below. This plant may be known by one or more common names in different places, and some are listed above. Click on an acronym to view each weed list, or click here for a composite list of Weeds of the U.S.

STATE        Assorted authors. 200_. State noxious weed lists for 46 states. State agriculture or natural resource departments.
WSWS        Whitson, T.D. (ed.) et al. 1996. Weeds of the West. Western Society of Weed Science in cooperation with Cooperative Extension Services, University of Wyoming. Laramie, Wyoming. 630pp.
 

Wetland Indicator Status:
Malvella leprosa (Ortega) Krapov.

Nat. Ind. Reg. 1 Reg. 2 Reg. 3 Reg. 4 Reg. 5 Reg. 6 Reg. 7 Reg. 8 Reg. 9 Reg. 0 Reg. A Reg. C Reg. H
FACU,FACW NO NO NO NO FACW FAC FACW FAC FACU FAC* NO NO NO
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More Accounts and Images:
Malvella leprosa (Ortega) Krapov.

View photographs from CalPhotos.

View species account from ARS Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN).

View taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 21846.

View species account and distribution map from Jepson Interchange (University of California - Berkeley).

View species account from Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center Native Plant Information Network (NPIN).

View species account from Native American Ethnobotany (University of Michigan - Dearborn).

 

Related Web Sites:
Malvella leprosa (Ortega) Krapov.

UC Davis: Weed Species in Database

 
 
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