Pavonia hastata




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