Halberd-leaf rose-mallow

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Halberd-leaf rose-mallow involucel bracts and calyx

Halberd-leaf rose-mallow flower

Halberd-leaf rose-mallow leaf

Halberd-leaf rose-mallow

Halberd-leaf rose-mallow

Halberd-leaf rose-mallow Leaf

Halberd-leaf rose-mallow

Morphology

Stem

Erect, simple or branched. Plants glabrous or nearly so.

Leaves

Cauline, alternate, simple; stipules present; blades ovate to triangular-ovate, 1.2 to 7 inches long, .8 to 6 inches wide, base cordate to truncate, margins hastately 3-5-lobed and serrate, tip acute to acuminate.

Inflorescence

Solitary flowers, axillary; involucel bracts 8-16, linear, .8 to 1.2 inch.

Flower

Calyx campanulate, .8 to 1.2 inch, remaining green, glabrous or nearly so, lobes 5, triangular, connate basally, apex acute; corolla funnelform, petals 5, pink or white, with red basal spot, obovate, 2.4 to 3 inches long, .8 to 2 inches wide: staminal column bearing anthers along sides and at summit, forming tube around pistil.

Fruit

Capsules ovoid, .7 to 1.2 inch, glabrous; seeds brown or reddish brown, reniform-globose, .1 to .2 inch.

Ecology

Habitat

Edges of lakes and ponds, backwater areas along rivers and streams, freshwater marshes, wet ditches

Distribution

East 1/2 of Kansas

Additional Notes

Synonyms

Alternative scientific names that have been used for this plant.