PLANTS Profile for Lavatera cretica (Cornish mallow)

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PLANTS Profile

Lavatera cretica L.
Cornish mallow

Symbol:

LACR

Group:

Dicot

Family:

Malvaceae

Duration:

Annual
Biennial
Perennial

Growth Habit:

Forb/herb

Native Status:

L48

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Lavatera cretica L.

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Distribution:
Lavatera cretica L.


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USA (CA)

Related Taxa:
Lavatera cretica L.

View 49 genera in Malvaceae, 6 species in Lavatera

Classification:
Lavatera cretica L.

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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	Lavatera L. – tree mallow
Species	Lavatera cretica L. – Cornish mallow

Introduced Information:
Lavatera cretica L.

This plant is introduced to some part of the PLANTS Floristic Area, though it may be native in other parts. Click on link below for a partial or complete list of PFA introduced plants.

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More Accounts and Images:
Lavatera cretica L.

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

View taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 21818.

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

Time Generated: 06/19/2013 07:18 PM CDT