Malvaceae
Bretonica prieta
Melochia nodiflora
- Family
- Malvaceae
- Genus
- Melochia
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Common names
By language (1)
- English
- Bretonica prieta
Synonyms
- Melochia borbonica Cav.
- Melochia carpinifolia J.C.Wendl.
- Melochia conglobata Sessé & Moc.
- Melochia nodiflora var. longipetiolata Kitan.
- Mougeotia nodiflora (Sw.) Kunth
- Riedlea borbonica (Cav.) DC.
- Riedlea nodiflora (Sw.) DC.
- Visenia nodiflora (Sw.) Spreng.
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Shrub, Subshrub
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Lower 48 states: native, Puerto Rico: native, U.S. Virgin Islands: native
Photos
Photo: Dick Culbert from Gibsons, B.C., Canada, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Franz Xaver, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Franz Xaver, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Krzysztof Ziarnek, Kenraiz, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Krzysztof Ziarnek, Kenraiz, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.