Pavonia lasiopetala

Scheele

Linnaea 21: 470. 1848.

Common names: Rose or Wright’s pavonia Texas rockrose
Illustrated
Synonyms: Pavonia wrightii A. Gray
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 6. Treatment on page 306. Mentioned on page 307.

Shrubs, 0.5–1 m. Stems densely to sparsely stellate-hairy, hairs to 0.5 mm. Leaves: stipules subulate, 2–5 mm; petiole 1/2–1 times length of blade; blade slightly discolorous, ovate, 2–5 cm, slightly longer than wide, base cordate, margins coarsely dentate, apex acute, surfaces stellate-hairy. Inflorescences axillary solitary flowers. Pedicels 2–5 cm, usually subequal to petiole; involucellar bractlets 5, alternate with calyx lobes, usually linearlanceolate, 1–2 mm wide, shorter than to subequal to calyx, hirsute. Flowers: calyx 9–12 mm, hirsute, lobes prominently 3–5-veined; corolla rotate, petals lavender to pink, not auriculate, 15–25 mm; staminal column usually declinate resulting in somewhat bilateral flower, with 5 apical teeth, glabrous; stigmas included, usually villous. Schizocarps pallid, 8–9 mm diam., subglabrous; mericarps pale-brown, without spines, obscurely carinate dorsally, otherwise smoothly rounded, 3.5–4 mm. Seeds tufted on hilum.


Phenology: Flowering summer–fall.
Habitat: Open shrublands
Elevation: 500–1000 m

Distribution

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Tex., Mexico (Coahuila), Mexico (Nuevo León)

Discussion

Pavonia lasiopetala has become a popular cultivated plant in Texas, where it is also native. It is also used as a component in seed mixtures for ranges and pastures.

Selected References

None.

Lower Taxa

None.

"/2-1timeslengthofblade" is not declared as a valid unit of measurement for this property.

... more about "Pavonia lasiopetala"
Paul A. Fryxell† +  and Steven R. Hill +
Scheele +
cordate +
Malache +
asymmetric +  and symmetric +
discolorous +
slightly longer than wide +
2 cm20 mm <br />0.02 m <br /> (5 cm50 mm <br />0.05 m <br />) +
0.1 cm1 mm <br />0.001 m <br /> (0.2 cm2 mm <br />0.002 m <br />) +
not spathaceous +
persistent +
not inflated +
accrescent +
0.9 cm9 mm <br />0.009 m <br /> (1.2 cm12 mm <br />0.012 m <br />) +
indehiscent +  and loculicidal +
Rose or Wright’s pavonia +  and Texas rockrose +
lavender +  and pink or yellow +
Tex. +, Mexico (Coahuila) +  and Mexico (Nuevo León) +
500–1000 m +
sparse;copious +
pistillate +  and staminate +
unisexual +  and bisexual +
glabrous +  and hairy +
oblate +, not angled +  and not inflated +
Open shrublands +
0 cm0 mm <br />0 m <br /> (0.05 cm0.5 mm <br />5.0e-4 m <br />) +
axillary +  and terminal +
tough-fibrous +
connate +  and distinct +
simple +, stipulate +, sessile +, subsessile +  and petiolate +
distichous +  and alternate +
lanceolate-ovate +
crenate;subentire +
rounded +  and carinate +
0.35 cm3.5 mm <br />0.0035 m <br /> (0.4 cm4 mm <br />0.004 m <br />) +
3-40-carpellate +
(1-)2-many +
subequal +
2 cm20 mm <br />0.02 m <br /> (5 cm50 mm <br />0.05 m <br />) +
not +  and auriculate +
lavender;pink +
adnate +  and distinct +
not auriculate +
1.5 cm15 mm <br />0.015 m <br /> (2.5 cm25 mm <br />0.025 m <br />) +
Flowering summer–fall. +
8mm +  and 9mm +
hairy +  and glabrous +
reniform +
persistent +
Illustrated +
sessile +  and subsessile +
not viscid +
stellate-hairy +
filiform +, linear +  and capitate +
1-2 times number of carpels +
0.2 cm2 mm <br />0.002 m <br /> (0.5 cm5 mm <br />0.005 m <br />) +
stellate-hairy +
Pavonia wrightii +
Pavonia lasiopetala +
species +
monoecious +, dioecious +  and hermaphroditic +