Characteristics
Angiosperms (Dicots)
Melochia spicata (L.) Fryxell
Bretonica peluda
Herb
Annual
Vascular
First collected from Alabama in 2013 by Howard Horne in Mobile County.
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Not Native
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Citation
Melochia spicata (Linnaeus) Fryxell, Syst. Bot. Monogr. 25: 457. 1988.
<a href=https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/587065>Malva spicata L. 1759.</a>
<a href=https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/9746>JAMAICA: "Althaea spicata, betonicae folio villosissimo" (lectotype: Sloane, Voy. Jamaica 1: t. 138(1). 1707). Lectotypified by Borssum Waalkes, Blumea 14: 154. 1966.</a>
Species Distribution Map
Specimens and Distribution
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