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Malvaceae

Texas swampmallow

Pavonia lasiopetala Scheele

Family
Malvaceae
Genus
Pavonia

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Texas swampmallow: Pavonia lasiopetala in Panther Canyon, New Braunfels, TX
Photo: Kimikel, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons

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Common names

By language (1)
English
Texas swampmallow

Synonyms

  • Malache lasiopetala Kuntze
  • Malache wrightii (A.Gray) Kuntze
  • Pavonia wrightii A.Gray

Characteristics

Growth habit
Shrub, Subshrub
Lifespan
Perennial
In the US and Canada
Lower 48 states: native

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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.