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Leaves

stipules leaving straight or slightly curved annular scars, epidermis visible through pubescence.

Inflorescences

involucel to 1/4 length of calyx, 8–10-dentate, teeth triangular, 2–3 mm, epidermis visible through pubescence.

Pedicels

(above articulation) 0.5–2 cm.

Flowers

calyx lobes 12–15 × 5–7 mm;

corolla yellow with prominent red center, 4–6.5 cm;

staminal column 2–2.5 cm;

filaments 1–2 mm.

Talipariti tiliaceum var. tiliaceum

Phenology Flowering year-round.
Habitat Wet ground
Elevation 0–50 m (0–200 ft)
Distribution
from FNA
FL; Asia [Introduced in North America]
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Discussion

Variety tiliaceum is cultivated and escaped in southern Florida. It has been vouchered from Broward, Collier, Hendry, Lee, Manatee, Martin, Miami-Dade, Monroe, Palm Beach, and St. Lucie counties, but some specimens may have been from cultivated plants.

(Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.)

Source FNA vol. 6, p. 371.
Parent taxa Malvaceae > subfam. Malvoideae > Talipariti > Talipariti tiliaceum
Sibling taxa
T. tiliaceum var. pernambucense
Name authority [I]
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