| Family | Malvaceae |
| Subfamily | Malvoideae |
| Tribe | Hibisceae |
| Scientific name | Pavonia hastata Cavanilles |
| Synonyms | Greevesia cleisocalyx F. Müller; Lass hastata (Cavanilles) Kuntze; Malache hastata (Cavanilles) Kuntze; Malva lecontei Buckley; Pavonia hastata Cavanilles forma longifolia Gürke; Pavonia hastata Cavanilles subforma pubescens Hassler; Pavonia hastata Cavanilles subforma tomentosula Hassler; Pavonia hastata Cavanilles var. genuina Hassler; Pavonia hastata Cavanilles var. pubescens Gürke; Pavonia jonesii Feay ex A. W. Wood; Pavonia lecontei (Buckley) Torrey & A. Gray; Sida bonariensis Willdenow ex Sprengel |
| Common name | (Japanese common name) yanone-monten-ka (ヤノネボンテンカ, 矢根梵天花 [meaning: arrowhead leaved Brahma flower]); takasago-fuyo (タカサゴフヨウ, 高砂芙蓉 [meaning: Taiwan hibiscus]) |
| (English common name) spearleaf swampmallow | |
| Distribution | (Japan) Honshu (west of Kanto region) |
| (Other nations) [native] Brazil, Bolivia, Argentina, Paraguay, Uruguay | |
| Chromosomal number | 2n=56 |
| Description | Plants 50-200cm tall. Leaves 3-10cm long. Flowers white 4-6cm across, flowering in August to October. Deciduous. Schrub. |
| Reference | Pavonia hastata Cav. |
| Pavonia hastata Cav. | |
| Pavonia hastata Cav. | |
| Pavonia hastata | |
| Method and compositions for controlling round-leaved mallow using Colletotrichum gloeosporioides f. sp. malvae, A.T.C.C. 20767 (US Patent 5296369 /1994) | |
| Control of round-leaved mallow and velvetleaf weeds with C. gloeosporioides (European Patent Application EP0218386/1987) | |
| Note | Naturalized plants. |
| September 2009 at Tsukuba Botanical Garden |
September 2009 at Tsukuba Botanical Garden |
| September 2009 at Tsukuba Botanical Garden |