Malvaceae
Spearleaf swampmallow
Pavonia hastata
- Family
- Malvaceae
- Genus
- Pavonia
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Common names
By language (4)
- Chinese
- 高砂芙蓉, 戟叶孔雀葵
- English
- Spearleaf swampmallow
- Japanese
- ヤノネボンテンカ
- Swedish
- Påfågelsmalva
Synonyms
- Greevesia cleisocalyx F.Muell.
- Lass hastata (Cav.) Kuntze
- Lassa hastata (Cav.) Kuntze
- Malache hastata (Cav.) Kuntze
- Malva lecontii Buckley
- Pavonia hastata f. intermedia Hassl.
- Pavonia hastata f. longifolia Gürke
- Pavonia hastata f. tomentosa Hassl.
- Pavonia hastata subf. mollis Hassl.
- Pavonia hastata subf. pubescens Hassl.
- Pavonia hastata subf. rigida Hassl.
- Pavonia hastata subf. tomentosula Hassl.
- Pavonia hastata var. genuina Hassl.
- Pavonia hastata var. grandiflora Hassl.
- Pavonia hastata var. pubescens Gürke
- Pavonia hastata var. subconcolor Hassl.
- Pavonia jonesii Feay ex Alph.Wood
- Pavonia lecontei (Buckley) Torr. & A.Gray
- Sida bonariensis Willd. ex Spreng.
- Sida opaca Sieber ex C.Presl
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Subshrub
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Lower 48 states: introduced
Photos
Photo: David Midgley, CC BY-SA 2.5, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Nesnad, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Dick Culbert from Gibsons, B.C., Canada, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Daderot, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Macleay Grass Man, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Macleay Grass Man, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Macleay Grass Man, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Macleay Grass Man, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Macleay Grass Man, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Macleay Grass Man, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Macleay Grass Man, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Macleay Grass Man, CC BY 2.0, 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.