Taxon:
Modiola caroliniana (L.) G. Don
Summary
Place of publication:
Gen. hist. 1:466. 1831
Verified:
05/09/1996
ARS Systematic Botanists.
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Reference(s)
- Adams, C. 1972. Flowering plants of Jamaica
- Botanical Society of the British Isles. BSBI taxon database (on-line resource). URL: http://rbg-web2.rbge.org.uk/BSBI/taxonsearch.php
- Cabrera, A. L., ed. 1965-1970. Flora de la provincia de Buenos Aires.
- Correll, D. S. & M. C. Johnston. 1970. Manual of the vascular plants of Texas
- Gleason, H. A. & A. Cronquist. 1963. Manual of vascular plants of northeastern United States and adjacent Canada.
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- Hickman, J. C., ed. 1993. The Jepson manual: higher plants of California
- Integrated Botanical Information System (IBIS). Australian plant common name database (on-line resource). URL: http://www.anbg.gov.au/common.names/
- Kingsbury, J. M. 1964. Poisonous plants of the United States and Canada.
- Lazarides, M. & B. Hince. 1993. CSIRO Handbook of Economic Plants of Australia
- Macbride, J. F. et al., eds. 1936-. Flora of Peru Note: 1936-1971; new ser. 1980-
- McVaugh, R. 1983-. Flora Novo-Galiciana.
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- Radford, A. E. et al. 1964. Manual of the vascular flora of the Carolinas.
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Common names
English
American-mallow – bristly-fruit-mallow – Carolina-mallow – creeping-mallow – red-flower creeping-mallow – red-flower-mallow – wheel-mallow – Spanish
babosilla –
Distribution
order_code | Status | Continent | Subcontinent | Country | State | Note |
4 | Naturalized | | | | | natzd. throughout tropics & subtropics |
6 | Other | | | | | probable origin South America |
Naturalized
(natzd. throughout tropics & subtropics)
Other
(probable origin South America)
Economic Uses
Usage | Type | Note | Reference |
Vertebrate poisons | mammals | | Kingsbury, J. M. 1964. Poisonous plants of the United States and Canada. |
Weed | | | Hickman, J. C., ed. 1993. The Jepson manual: higher plants of California |
Weed | | plant of waste ground | Lazarides, M. & B. Hince. 1993. CSIRO Handbook of Economic Plants of Australia |