PLANTS Profile for Malvastrum aurantiacum (Wright's false mallow)

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PLANTS Profile

Malvastrum aurantiacum (Scheele) Walp.
Wright's false mallow

Symbol:

MAAU

Group:

Dicot

Family:

Malvaceae

Duration:

Perennial

Growth Habit:

Subshrub
Forb/herb

Native Status:

L48

More Information:

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Malvastrum aurantiacum (Scheele) Walp.

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Synonyms:
Malvastrum aurantiacum (Scheele) Walp.

	MAAU5	Malva aurantiaca Scheele
	MAWR3	Malvastrum wrightii A. Gray

Distribution:
Malvastrum aurantiacum (Scheele) Walp.


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USA (TX)

Related Taxa:
Malvastrum aurantiacum (Scheele) Walp.

View 49 genera in Malvaceae, 7 species in Malvastrum

Classification:
Malvastrum aurantiacum (Scheele) Walp.

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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	Malvastrum A. Gray – false mallow
Species	Malvastrum aurantiacum (Scheele) Walp. – Wright's false mallow

Wildlife Habitat Values:
Malvastrum aurantiacum (Scheele) Walp.

	Large Mammals		Small Mammals		Water Birds		Terrestrial Birds
Source	Large Mammals Food	Large Mammals Cover	Small Mammals Food	Small Mammals Cover	Water Birds Food	Water Birds Cover	Terrestrial Birds Food	Terrestrial Birds Cover
Everitt	Low

Wildlife Habitat Values

Everitt, J.H., D.L. Drawe, and R.I. Lonard. 1999. Field guide to the broad leaved herbaceous plants of South Texas used by livestock and wildlife. Texas Tech University Press, Lubbock.

More Accounts and Images:
Malvastrum aurantiacum (Scheele) Walp.

View taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 21705.

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

Time Generated: 02/10/2010 02:53 AM MST