Malvaceae
Gingerbush
Pavonia spinifex
- Family
- Malvaceae
- Genus
- Pavonia
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Common names
By language (2)
- Chinese
- 刺粉葵
- English
- Gingerbush
Synonyms
- Abutilon spinifex (L.) Scop.
- Corchorus spinosus Sieber ex Steud.
- Hibiscus aristatus (Cav.) Dum.Cours.
- Hibiscus spinifera Crantz
- Hibiscus spinifex L.
- Lass spinifex (Cav.) Kuntze
- Lassa spinifex (L.) Kuntze
- Malache spinifex (L.) Kuntze
- Pavonia aristata Cav.
- Pavonia spinifex subsp. genuina Gürke
- Pavonia spinifex var. grandiflora DC.
- Pavonia spinifex var. ovalifolia DC.
- Pavonia spinifex var. spinifex
- Pavonia spinigera St.-Lag.
- Typhalea spinifex (L.) C.Presl
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: KENPEI, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: KENPEI, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: 阿橋 HQ, CC BY-SA 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.